Creativity and Scientific Discovery
The scientific method is a methodological process for verification of hypotheses to confirm or falsify existing knowledge. Normal science focuses on the process of understanding, validating and applying existing knowledge and adding to it incrementally. Revolutionary science, as described by Kuhn, is a creative process generative of radically fresh insights and new perspectives, outside the boundaries of the prevailing conceptual framework. According to the testimony of many great scientists, it is non-rational and non-linear. A shift to a new intellectual paradigm will require a huge surge in revolutionary thinking to discover new and more effective knowledge.
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Speaker:Francis Brassard (Presentation) |
Panelists (R. Fiorini's Presentation) |
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TOPIC |
SPEAKER |
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Introduction |
G. Jacobs (Presentation) |
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Power of knowledge |
N. Stehr (Presentation / Notes) T. Tóth |
A. Zucconi C. Blanco M. Hytten |
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Varieties of Thinking |
G. Jacobs (Presentation) |
M. Hytten R. Fiorini M. Chandrasekaran |
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Social & Psychological Construction of Knowledge |
A. Zucconi |
W. Nagan M. Hytten M. Neškovic (Paper) |
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Conceptual Systems, Explicit & Implicit Values & Assumptions |
W. Nagan |
G. Jacobs (Presentation) C. Blanco T. Tóth (Notes) |
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Creativity and Scientific Discovery |
F. Brassard (Presentation) |
N. Stehr R. Fiorini |
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Analogy, Metaphor & Symbol |
M. Hytten (Presentation/Notes/ Examples/ Questions) |
F. Brassard (Notes) J. Ramanathan |
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Objectivity and Subjectivity |
R. Fiorini (Presentation) |
C. Blanco M. Chandrasekaran G. Jacobs |
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Q&A and Discussion |
Moderators A. Zucconi T. Tóth |
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Paradigm Change & Deep Thinking |
I. Šlaus W. Nagan |
A. Zucconi C. Blanco T. Tóth |
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Integration of Knowledge |
C. Blanco (Presentation / Paper) |
M. Neškovic M. Chandrasekaran G. Jacobs |
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Mind & Its Faculties, Mind and Brain |
S. Brunnhuber C. Blanco (Presentation) |
A. Zucconi G. Jacobs |
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Deep Learning – Implications for Education |
G. Jacobs (Presentation) |
S. Brunnhuber R. Fiorini J. Ramanathan |
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Limits to Rationality |
S. Brunnhuber |
A. Zucconi C. Blanco N. Stehr |
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Ways of Knowing |
Z. Radman |
R. Fiorini (Presentation) S. Brunnhuber F. Brassard (Notes) |
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Q&A and Discussion |
Moderators T. Tóth G. Jacobs |
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The Future of this Project |
Moderators G. Jacobs |
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