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Category Archives: Creativity Project
Means of Perception
In her insightful survey of Romantic philosophy’s concept of the imagination and the 20th Century critique of that concept, Mary Warnock arrives at the conclusion that, “Imagination is our means of interpreting the world, and it is also our … Continue reading
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Tagged Hume, Interpretation, Kant, Mary Warnock, Perception, philosophy, Piaget, Theory of Mind
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The Glorious Freedom of Creative Mistakes
We are limited beings who do attempt to make sense of our world and we have the gifts of perception and communication which help us to do that. Our perception allows us to see and experience the world and communication … Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery, Imagination, Jacob Bronowski, Learning
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The Gift of Self Reference and Necessary Imaginative Constructs
As I mentioned at the beginning of the post Metaphors of Reality we try to make sense of ourselves, the world and (at least for those who think in spiritual or religious terms) God. But one of the struggles we … Continue reading
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Tagged Discovery, Jacob Bronowski, philosophy, Science, Self-Reference
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Creativity for Fun
Jay Silver’s fun little video is really about the joy of discovery and interacting in new and playful ways with the world around us. The creativity he shows in the video is from manipulating and combining things that normally don’t … Continue reading
In The Beginning Was The Sentence
Human beings have an incredible sense of perseverance when you think about it. We will take complex tasks, think them through, experiment, learn and then try to be prepared for the next time we use things. Now, on the one … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, Creativity, Language, Tools
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The Image And The Imagination
Humanity practices both science and art, two incredibly unique and imaginative processes where we attempt to make sense of the world and our relationship to it. Both science and art rely on imagination and vision. Jacob Bronowski highlighted to me … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity Project, Psychology and Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged Imagination, Jacob Bronowski, knowledge, sight, sound, vision
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