Original paper
Defining Creativity: Don't We Also Need to Define What Is Not Creative?
Abstract
I argue that any attempt to define creative ideas cannot fully succeed without also defining uncreative ideas. This argument begins by defining three parameters that characterize a potentially creative thought: the idea's initial probability ( p ), the final utility ( u ), and the creator's prior knowledge of that utility ( v ). The three parameters then lead to a three‐criterion multiplicative definition of personal creativity , namely, c = (1...
Paper Details
Title
Defining Creativity: Don't We Also Need to Define What Is Not Creative?
Published Date
Jan 25, 2016
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
80 - 90