Creativity and Character
Sarah Kahn

21 August 2017
Do you have to be courageous to be creative? Or is it better to give the public what it wants? What are the character traits that make somebody exceptionally creative?Philosophy 24/7interviews Professor Matthew Kieran of the University of Leeds about the Philosophical Psychology of creativity.
基兰将创造力视为一种我们赞扬的卓越，因为它让我们能够做新的事情并取得成功。然而，当我们称赞一个人的创造力时，我们到底挑出了什么呢?偏心吗?新奇的吗?创意?对此，基兰提出了两种创造力:历史创造力和心理创造力。心理创造力是指你对自己做一些新的事情，比如这是你第一次画这样的静物。历史创造力是一种特殊的心理创造力，它超越了你，例如爱因斯坦是世界历史上第一个提出广义相对论的人。当心理创造力发展到如此复杂的程度时，它就变成了历史创造力，基兰也称之为“原创性”。"
Governments and policymakers are very interested in this notion of creativity because it generates economic growth and yet, cultivators of creativity tend to ignore economics when it comes to honing their creative capacities. Think of all the people who try to make it in the music business. They would probably be more economically secure if they pursued a different path. Clearly, fiscal incentives or not, cultivating creativity is important to us.
性格在研究创造力中起着核心作用。拥有像好奇心和勇气这样的性格特征是提高创造力的必杀之道，这需要你对未知事物充满好奇心，并有足够的信心不陷入集体思维。
Wondering what else Kieran has to say about fostering creativity? Check out the full interview here:http://www.philosophy247.org/podcasts/creativity/.

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