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The act of creation

The act of creation

PsychologyScience
Pages
752
Published
1964
Language
English

Synopsis

The Act of Creation is a 1964 study of the processes of discovery, invention, and artistic creation, arguing that all forms of human creativity share a common cognitive mechanism Koestler calls "bisociation" — the blending of two previously unrelated frames of reference into a new synthesis. Drawing on examples from science, technology, and the arts, Koestler traces how comparison, analogy, and metaphor drive innovation across disciplines.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

IntellectualThought-Provoking

Genres

Psychology Science Sociology

About the author

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Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler CBE was a prolific writer of essays, novels and autobiographies. He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family in Budapest but, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. His early career was in journalism. In 1931 he joined the Communist Party of Germany but, disillusioned, he resigned from it in 1938 and in 1940 published a devastating anti-Communist novel, Darkness at Noon, which propelled him to instant international fame. ([Source][1]) [1]: https://en...