?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Why+the+Creative+Process+is+Not+Darwinian&rft.creator=Gabora%2C+Dr.++L.+M.+&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Sociobiology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.description=Simonton+(2006)+makes+the+unwarranted+assumption+that+nonmonotonicity+supports+a+Darwinian+view+of+creativity.+Darwin%E2%80%99s+theory+of+natural+selection+was+motivated+by+a+paradox+that+has+no+equivalent+in+creative+thought%3A+the+paradox+of+how+change+accumulates+when+acquired+traits+are+not+inherited.+To+describe+a+process+of+cumulative+change+in+which+acquired+traits+are+retained+is+outside+of+the+scope+of+the+theory+of+natural+selection.+Even+the+early+evolution+of+life+itself+(prior+to+genetically+mediated+template+replication)+cannot+be+described+by+natural+selection.+Specifically%2C+natural+selection+cannot+describe+change+of+state+that+involves+horizontal+(Lamarckian)+exchange%2C+or+occurs+through+interaction+with+an+incompletely+specified+context.+It+cannot+describe+change+wherein+variants+are+evaluated+sequentially%2C+and+wherein+this+evaluation+can+itself+change+the+state+space+and%2For+fitness+function%2C+because+no+two+variants+are+ever+evaluated+according+to+the+same+selection+criterion.+Concerns+are+also+raised+as+to+the+methodology+used+in+Simonton%E2%80%99s+study.&rft.date=2007&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5961%2F1%2Fguernica.htm&rft.identifier=++Gabora%2C+Dr.+L.+M.+++(2007)+Why+the+Creative+Process+is+Not+Darwinian.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5961%2F