Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Materials / K. Bardsley , D. Dutton and M. Krausz -- Chapter One. Criteria Of Creativity / Carl R. Hausman -- Chapter Two. Creative Product And Creative Process In Science And Art / Larry Briskman -- Chapter Three. The Rationality Of Creativity / I. C. Jarvie -- Chapter Four. Creativity As A Darwinian Phenomenon: The Blind-Variation Andselective-Retention Model / Dean Keith Simonton -- Chapter Five. Creativity And Skill / Berys Gaut -- Chapter Six. On Bringing A Work Into Existence / Peter Lamarque -- Chapter Seven. Poincaré’s ‘Delicate Sieve’: On Creativity And Constraints In The Arts / Paisley Livingston -- Chapter Eight. The Creative Imagination / Michael Polanyi -- Chapter Nine. Every Horse Has A Mouth: A Personal Poetics / F. E. Sparshott -- Chapter Ten. Creativity And Self-Transformation / Michael Krausz -- Chapter Eleven. On The Dialectical Phenomenology Of Creativity / Albert Hofstadter -- Chapter Twelve. The Artistic Relevance Of Creativity / David Davies -- Chapter Thirteen. Creativity: How Does It Work? / Margaret Boden -- Chapter Fourteen. The Three Domains Of Creativity / Arthur Koestler -- Chapter Fifteen. Creativity In Science / Rom Harré -- Chapter Sixteen. Creative Interpretation Of Literary Texts / Thomas Leddy -- Chapter Seventeen. Creativity In Philosophy And The Arts / John M. Carvalho -- Index / K. Bardsley , D. Dutton and M. Krausz.

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Seventeen philosophers, scientists and artists consider questions about the intriguing idea of creativity: Is creativity essentially mysterious? Is creativity essentially inspirational or rationalistic? What role does skill play in creativity? What are the criteria of creativity? Should we assign logical priority to creative persons, creative processes, or creative products? How do forms of creativity relate to different domains of human activity? How does creativity relate to self-transformation? How does our knowledge of the circumstances of creativity effect our appreciation of its products? Can a recipient of a creative work also be a creator of it? Contributors include: Margaret Boden, Larry Briskman, John M. Carvalho, David Davies, Berys Gaut,Rom Harré, Carl R. Hausman, Albert Hofstadter, Arthur Koestler, Michael Krausz, Peter Lamarque, Thomas Leddy, Paisley Livingston, Michael Polany, Dean Keith Simonton, and Francis Sparshott. This book is also available in paperback.