Turning Points: The Nature of Creativity"Turning Points: The Nature of Creativity" discusses theories and methods focusing on a critical concept of intellectual turning points in the context of critical thinking, scientific discovery, and problem solving in general. This book introduces a novel analytical and experimental system that provides not only new ways for retrospective studies of scientific change but also for characterizing transformative potentials of prospective scientific contributions. |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Creative Thinking | 21 |
Chapter 3 Cognitive Biases and Pitfalls | 43 |
Chapter 4 Recognizing the Potential of Research | 68 |
Chapter 5 Foraging | 87 |
Chapter 6 Knowledge Domain Analysis | 139 |
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