Transformational Creativity in Science: A Graphical Theory
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| author | Schapiro, Samuel Black, Jonah Varshney, Lav R. |
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| contents | Creative processes are typically divided into three types: combinatorial, exploratory, and transformational. Here, we provide a graphical theory of transformational scientific creativity, synthesizing Boden's insight that transformational creativity arises from changes in the "enabling constraints" of a conceptual space and Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions as resulting from paradigm shifts. We prove that modifications made to axioms of our graphical model have the most transformative potential and then illustrate how several historical instances of transformational creativity can be captured by our framework. |
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| spellingShingle | Transformational Creativity in Science: A Graphical Theory Schapiro, Samuel Black, Jonah Varshney, Lav R. Artificial Intelligence Creative processes are typically divided into three types: combinatorial, exploratory, and transformational. Here, we provide a graphical theory of transformational scientific creativity, synthesizing Boden's insight that transformational creativity arises from changes in the "enabling constraints" of a conceptual space and Kuhn's structure of scientific revolutions as resulting from paradigm shifts. We prove that modifications made to axioms of our graphical model have the most transformative potential and then illustrate how several historical instances of transformational creativity can be captured by our framework. |
| title | Transformational Creativity in Science: A Graphical Theory |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.18687 |