Prologue
Dramatis Personae
1. The Cognitive-Historical Space
2. Artifacts : The Very ‘Stuff’ of Creativity
3. Artificers and Consumers
4. A Cognitive Pas de Deux
5. Knowledge Schemas in Creative Thought
6. The Prepared Mind
7. Dilemma of the Unconscious
8. Preparing for Illumination
9. The Creative Act of Production
10. Inventing Cognitive Style
11. The Psychohistorian’s Contribution
12. The Making of Creative Movements
Epilogue
Bibliography
Biography
Subrata Dasgupta is Professor Emeritus in the School of Computing and Informatics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette where, from 1993 to 2018, he held the Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair. From 1999 to 2013 he was also Director of the Institute of Cognitive Science. He has authored numerous works on the cognitive, historical and computational aspects of creativity.
