From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 13:45:23 GMT
In a message dated 1/14/04 2:52:12 AM GMT Standard Time,
christrask@earthlink.net writes:
>
>
> I'm new to this list, so I should appologize in case the question I'm
> about to ask has come up recently.
>
> I'm in the midst of reading ZAMM, and I recently read the passage in
> which Poincaré's "subliminal self" was discussed, my curiosity of which is
> how I found this list. I have been very interested in the nature of
> creativity, and until reading this the only literature that I have found on
> the subject worth reading has been "Creativity and Taoism" by Chang
> Chung-yuan. I am now going to add "The Foundations of Science" to that
> meager portion of the shelf.
>
> Interestingly, Poincaré's conclusions closely resemble the Taoist idea
> of "interfusion", where numerous ideas or pieces of knowledge come together
> in a conscious/unconscious "moment of inspiration" (Taoist) or "point of
> departure" (Poincaré). From these two diverse writings, neither of which
> draws upon the other, it would seem that the philosophical concept of the
> nature of creativity is somewhat universal.
>
> But it's difficult to fully support that conclusion on these two
> writings alone. There must be more literature on the subject than just
> these two volumes, and I would like to ask if anyone on this list could
> suggest some further literature on the subject of the nature of creativity.
>
> Chris
>
Hi Chris,
This is a subject very close to my heart also.
I do not feel any metaphysics other than the MoQ comes close to dealing with
creativity. My effort to explore this area resulted in the forum essay, 'The
edge of Chaos' which attempts to show that the MoQ can explain the nature of
creativity, beauty, and coherence and harmony.
It's a new and exciting area, and an area where new philosophy can be done?
Pirsig recommended Indian Raga and Japanese treatise on art to me for
correspondence with the MoQ.
Cheers,
Mark
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