To see, you must close your eyes; to see beyond you must understand. As a mental process, Creativity has an abstract nature, meaning that no empiric perception is directly involved, not even words, which would bring semantic ballast. However, the relationship between the level of abstraction and the creative outcome has been largely neglected. Abstraction is not a homogenous block, but a nuanced entity. Our research considers five sublimation levels of abstraction: Paradigmatic, Pragmatic, Etiologic, Axiological and Archetypal and links them to the corresponding hierarchy of originated ideas: new Approaches, new Concepts, new Paradigms and new Formal Expressions (designs)..............
Author Keywords:- Kenotomy, Creativity, Ideas management, Levels of abstraction, Archetypal Perspective
e-ISSN: 2319-183X, p-ISSN: 2319-1821 Source Type: Journal
Original Language: English
Document Type: Article
Number of pages: 09
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