The everyday life and non-everyday life of creativity. A (re)construction of the concept of creativity in the context of education Cover Image

Codzienność i niecodzienność twórczości. (Re)konstrukcja pojęcia twórczości w kontekście wychowania
The everyday life and non-everyday life of creativity. A (re)construction of the concept of creativity in the context of education

Author(s): Ewa Jakimowska
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe ChAT
Keywords: creativity; criteria of creativity; postmodernism; heuristics

Summary/Abstract: The history of the concept of creativity contains a certain semanticdualism, depending on which aspect of creativity the criterion is beingapplied to.Either the criterion of creativity is seen in subjective experience, thecreator’s state of consciousness as expressed in introspection, or it is a socialassessment – a value bestowed on the results of creative activity by others.These two types of criteria have accompanied reflections on creativityfrom Plato to contemporary philosophy of postmodernism, and carry withthem a whole host of consequences.One of them is the question of whether creative activity can be rationalisedsufficiently for it to be taught. What criterion of creativity wouldsuch a view have to assume?

  • Issue Year: IX/2018
  • Issue No: 1 (22)
  • Page Range: 133-148
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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