Creativity in Invention and DesignCambridge University Press, 24 juin 1994 - 250 pages In this book, creativity in technology is discussed using a computational approach. Examining an important historical episode in computer technology as a case study, namely, the invention of microprogramming by Maurice Wilkes in 1951, the author presents a plausible explanation of the process by which Wilkes may have arrived at his invention. Based on this case study, the author has also proposed some very general hypotheses concerning creativity that appear to corroborate the findings of some psychologists and historians and then suggests that creative thinking is not significantly different in nature from everyday thinking and reasoning. |
Table des matières
Creativity invention and the computational metaphor | 3 |
A computational theory of scientific creativity | 51 |
Prolegomenon | 91 |
creating the initial sketch | 103 |
from initial sketch to mature form | 125 |
Eight hypotheses about the nature of inventing | 189 |
Epilogue | 213 |
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abstract act of creation action activation agent arithmetic unit artifact artificial intelligence artificial sciences bisociation bounded rationality C₁ C₂ Cambridge Chapter circuit cognitive process cognitive science complex computational theory computer design computer science concept context control signals control step control unit control-diode matrix creative act creative process CTSC Dasgupta described diode matrix discussion domain E₁ EDSAC empirical encoded ENIAC example explanandum explanation Figure functionally flexible G. H. Hardy goal graph Gruber historical hypothesis idea implemented in terms inference input instantiation invention of microprogramming knowledge body knowledge tokens logic M. V. Wilkes Maurice Wilkes memory metaphor micro micro-operations micro-order address mechanism microinstruction modus ponens Newell opcode operation order interpreter original output paradigm particular philosophy of science postulated problem produced program computer form psychological R-Inst1 R-ModusP relevant Retrieve rule scientific creativity scientists sequence Simon solution specific stored program computer Succ(i symbol structures Thagard theory of creativity Whirlwind Wilkes's invention
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