The Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanisms

How is it possible to think new thoughts? What is creativity and can science explain it? WhenThe Creative Mind: Myths and Mechanismswas first published, Margaret A. Boden's bold and provocative exploration of creativity broke new ground. Boden uses examples such as jazz improvisation, chess, story writing, physics, and the music of Mozart, together with computing models from the field of artificial intelligence to uncover the nature of human creativity in the arts, science and everyday life. The Second Edition ofThe CreativeMindhas been updated to include recent developments in artificial intelligence, with a new preface, introduction and conclusion by the author. It is an essential work for anyone interested in the creativity of the human mind.

Preface to the second edition	ix
Preface to the first edition	xi
Acknowledgments	xii
In a Nutshell	1	(10)
1 The Mystery of Creativity	11	(14)
2 The Story so Far	25	(15)
3 Thinking the Impossible	40	(14)
4 Maps of the Mind	54	(34)
5 Concepts of Computation	88	(37)
6 Creative Connections	125	(22)
7 Unromantic Artists	147	(52)
8 Computer-scientists	199	(34)
9 Chance, Chaos, Randomness, Unpredictability	233	(23)
10 Elite or Everyman?	256	(21)
11 Of Humans and Hoverflies	277	(28)
12 Epilogue	305	(18)
Notes	323	(8)
Bibliography	331	(8)
Index	339

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