Existential risk, creativity & well-adapted science

Merleau-ponty's Existential Conception of Science

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is best known as a philosopher of science for his detailed investigations of psychology. Perhaps because of this, the significance of his work for a broader philosophical reflection on science has been overlooked. But Merleau-Ponty intended his work as a general investigation of the epistemological and ontological status of meaning and structure. The structures discovered ...

The battle for creativity: frontiers in science and science education.

oving the Science of Team Science Forward ollaboration and Creativity

bstract: Teams of scientists representing diverse disciplines are often brought together for purposes of better understanding and, ultimately, resolving urgent public health and environmental problems. Likewise, the emerging field of the science of team science draws on diverse disciplinary perspectives to better understand and enhance the processes and outcomes of scientific collaboration. In ...

Creativity Through Technology And Science In Xenakis

Nowadays it is common for creativity to be linked to technological advancement and there is a widely held impression that new ideas and concepts emerge daily as a result of technology. However, technology and even science and progress are often criticized leading towards a tendency for simplification and more human and natural consideration of reality. This issue is much discussed in music and ...

Multiple Independent Discovery & Creativity in Science

Many scientists have told me how disappointing it is to have their research anticipated by other independent investigators. To have your ideas preempted in print just as you are about to publish is especially frustrating. A few studies suggest [hat anticipated research is an occupational hazard for the nraj”ori[rv of active researchers. Indeed, some investigators report being anticipated severa...