Creativity and Philosophy

'This is a fascinating volume by an exceptionally distinguished group of philosophers. Taken as a whole it makes fresh and exciting connections between topics in philosophy that are rarely brought into contact, and shows how rewarding a wide-ranging exploration of a single concept can be.' John Hyman, University of Oxford, UK 'Gaut and Kieran have assembled an impressively eclectic volume that examines creativity in many domains. Philosophy of Art is well represented but it is not the sole, nor even primary, focus. The collection makes a potent argument that the tendency to associate creativity with the arts hampers our understanding of related phenomena in other areas of human action, and in challenging our received understanding of the topic, the chapters in Creativity and Philosophy will be cited and discussed for many years to come.' Theodore Gracyk, co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music 'This is a fascinating volume by an exceptionally distinguished group of philosophers. Taken as a whole it makes fresh and exciting connections between topics in philosophy that are rarely brought into contact, and shows how rewarding a wide-ranging exploration of a single concept can be.' - John Hyman, University of Oxford, UK 'Gaut and Kieran have assembled an impressively eclectic volume that examines creativity in many domains. Philosophy of Art is well represented but it is not the sole, nor even primary, focus. The collection makes a potent argument that the tendency to associate creativity with the arts hampers our understanding of related phenomena in other areas of human action, and in challenging our received understanding of the topic, the chapters in Creativity and Philosophy will be cited and discussed for many years to come.' - Theodore Gracyk, co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Music

Berys Gaut is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, UK. Matthew Kieran is Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at the University of Leeds, UK.

Philosophising about Creativity Berys Gaut and Matthew Kieran Part 1: Creativity as a Virtue 1. Creativity, Imagination and Intellectual Virtue Robert Audi 2. Intellectual Creativity Jason Baehr 3. Creativity and Knowledge Katherine Hawley 4. Creativity, Vanity and Narcissism Matthew Kieran Part 2: Creativity and Value 5. Creativity Without Value Alison Hills and Alexander Bird 6. Explicating 'Creativity' Paisley Livingston 7. The Value of Creativity Berys Gaut 8. The Active and Passive Life of Creativity: An Essay in a Platonic Key Charles Taliaferro and Meredith Varie 9. Artistic Creativity and Suffering Jennifer Hawkins Part 3: Creativity and Agency 10. Creativity and Biology Margaret Boden 11. Attributing Creativity Elliot Paul and Dustin Stokes Part 4: Explaining Creativity 12. Explaining Creativity Maria Kronfeldner 13. Talking about More than Heads: The Embodied, Embedded and Extended Creative Mind Michael Wheeler 14. The Social Conditions for Sustainable Technological Innovation Stephen Davies Part 5: Creativity in Philosophy and Mathematics 15. Conceptual Creativity in Philosophy and Logic Michael Beaney 16. Creating Heuristics for Philosophical Creativity Alan Hjek 17. The Art of Doing Mathematics Christian Wenzel Part 6: Creativity in Art, Morality and Politics 18. Creativity as an Artistic Merit James Grant 19. Moral Imaginativeness, Moral Creativity and Possible Futures Tim Mulgan 20. Political Creativity: A Skeptical View Matthew Noah Smith. Index