1. „УКРОТЯВАНЕ НА ОПЪРНИЧАВАТА“. . .КЪДЕТО НАУКАТА И ПОЕЗИЯТА СЕ СРЕЩАТ. НАУЧНОТО МИСЛЕНЕ КАТО ТВОРЧЕСКИ ПРОЦЕС
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Василева, Евгения
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SCIENTIFIC knowledge , *SCIENTIFIC Revolution , *DIFFUSION processes , *ECONOMICS literature , *COGNITION - Abstract
Cognition is the result of imagination, realized in different forms according to the purposes to attain and the obstacles to overcome. Mostly, the knowledge comes to us through verbal forms. The scientific research often is considered as the most reliable and abstract verbal form of knowledge. The poetry is perceived as the most emotional and illogical verbal form of knowledge. Actually, poetry is the quickest knowledge while science – the most argued one. These characteristics represent significant advantages of the scientific and of the poetic knowledge, although both are usually opposed on to another. The objective of the article is to analyze whether and to what extent the scientific knowledge is more a creative process by functions, mechanisms and structure than a matter of hard research methods and procedures, and a space of constant uncertainty. The article is structured in several parts. First, the evolution of the philosophical ideas about reality, truth and knowledge is presented because it has led to the behavioral scientific revolution in social sciences since the 50th years of XX century. Next, structural elements of the scientific thinking and the creative process are analyzed and a common structural framework for both is proposed with emphasis on the relevance of the language and metaphors as fundamental “stuff of thought”. At last, the scientific and the poetic knowledge are analyzed as products of the imagination. Their convergences and differences are outlined because they have specific forms, internal structures and limits however every intellectual limit or form is tending to be temporary. The common structure of the creative process gives them more stable and lasting frame in time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019