Abstract

There is more than a tendency within the cognitive and physical sciences today to look upon the behavior of the individual as dependent upon rule governed systems that are divorced from one's intentions but which still shape the direction the consequences take. Such a view often perceives creativity as a perfunctory affair where local problems are gradually solved and things finally come together. Indeed the creative act would seem to be little more than a simple step by step modification of previous ideas based on increased information - a borrowed token of sequential processes.