Transformational Creativity in Science: A Graphical Theory

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Auteurs principaux: Schapiro, Samuel, Black, Jonah, Varshney, Lav R.
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author Schapiro, Samuel
Black, Jonah
Varshney, Lav R.
author_facet Schapiro, Samuel
Black, Jonah
Varshney, Lav R.
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