Creativity, Psychology and the History of Science

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gruber †, Howard E. (Editor), Bödeker, Katja (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science ; 245
• Subjects: Social sciences.; History.; Epistemology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Cognitive Psychology.; History of Science.; Personality and Social Psychology.

‘Creativity, Psychology, and the History of Science’ offers for the first time a comprehensive overview of the oeuvre of Howard E. Gruber, who is noted for his contributions both to the psychology of creativity and to the history of science. Gruber is a pioneer in combining history of science and co...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: A Life with a Purpose
• The Creative Person as a Whole
• The Case Study That Started It All: Charles Darwin
• Facets of the Creative Process: Insight, Point of View and Repetition
• Modalities
• Tracking The Ordinary Course of Development
• Coping with the Extraordinary
• Creativity in the Moral Domain
• Peace and Further Conditions for Human Welfare.