Knowing Creativity. Commentary on Glăveanu, V. (2014). The Psychology of Creativity: A Critical Reading

• Authors: Ai-Girl Tan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this commentary an indispensable aspect of creativity, knowing creativity, is articulated as a response to Glăveanu’s (2014) inquiry into advancement of the field of the psychology of creativity. Connotations of knowing are presented such as perceiving and understanding ourselves within our environment. Accordingly, knowing creativity is about genuinely seeing, sensing, feeling, and relating creativity for self and the common good.

Keywords

EN

Knowing; Knowledge; Creativity theory

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 85-89

Dates

published

2015-06-01

received

2014-10-09

revised

2014-12-18

accepted

2014-12-19

online

2015-05-26

Contributors

author

Ai-Girl Tan

• Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ctra-2015-0013