Creativity and Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9781138827684 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 394 str.

Berys Gaut; Matthew Kieran

Opis

An outstanding collection of specially commissioned chapters by leading philosophers who explore the relationship between philosophy and creativity. Essential readings for those interested in the philosophy of creativity, it is also an extremely useful resource for those in related subjects such as music, art and visual studies, literature and education.

Spis treści

Philosophising about Creativity Berys Gaut and Matthew Kieran  Part 1: Creativity as a Virtue  1. Creativity, Imagination and Intellectual Virtue Robert Audi  2. Intellectual Creativity Jason Baehr  3. Creativity and Knowledge Katherine Hawley  4. Creativity, Vanity and Narcissism Matthew Kieran  Part 2: Creativity and Value  5. Creativity Without Value Alison Hills and Alexander Bird  6. Explicating 'Creativity' Paisley Livingston  7. The Value of Creativity Berys Gaut  8. The Active and Passive Life of Creativity: An Essay in a Platonic Key Charles Taliaferro and Meredith Varie   9. Artistic Creativity and Suffering Jennifer Hawkins  Part 3: Creativity and Agency  10. Creativity and Biology Margaret Boden  11. Attributing Creativity Elliot Paul and Dustin Stokes  Part 4: Explaining Creativity  12. Explaining Creativity Maria Kronfeldner  13. Talking about More than Heads: The Embodied, Embedded and Extended Creative Mind Michael Wheeler  14. The Social Conditions for Sustainable Technological Innovation Stephen Davies  Part 5: Creativity in Philosophy and Mathematics  15. Conceptual Creativity in Philosophy and Logic Michael Beaney  16. Creating Heuristics for Philosophical Creativity Alan Hájek  17. The Art of Doing Mathematics Christian Wenzel  Part 6: Creativity in Art, Morality and Politics  18. Creativity as an Artistic Merit James Grant  19. Moral Imaginativeness, Moral Creativity and Possible Futures Tim Mulgan  20. Political Creativity: A Skeptical View Matthew Noah Smith.  Index

O autorze

Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, UK.

Matthew Kieran is Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at the University of Leeds, UK.