http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/4647 2011-03-11T08:56:14Z info:eu-repo/semantics/descriptiveMetadata Creative thought as a non-Darwinian evolutionary process Gabora, Dr. Liane M. Evolution Cognitive Psychology Philosophy of Mind Evolutionary Psychology Theoretical Biology Selection theory requires multiple, distinct, simultaneously-actualized states. In cognition, each thought or cognitive state changes the 'selection pressure' against which the next is evaluated; they are not simultaneously selected amongst. Creative thought is more a matter of honing in a vague idea through redescribing successive iterations of it from different real or imagined perspectives; in other words, actualizing potential through exposure to different contexts. It has been proven that the mathematical description of contextual change of state introduces a non-Kolmogorovian probability distribution, and a classical formalism such as selection theory cannot be used. This paper argues that creative thought evolves not through a Darwinian process, but a process of context-driven actualization of potential. Creative Education Foundation Inc. Ward, Dr. Thomas B. 2005 Journal (Paginated) PeerReviewed text/html http://cogprints.org/4647/1/ct.htm Gabora, Dr. Liane M. (2005) Creative thought as a non-Darwinian evolutionary process. [Journal (Paginated)] (In Press) http://cogprints.org/4647/ info:eu-repo/semantics/objectFile info:eu-repo/semantics/humanStartPage