Dynamical Concepts Used in Creativity and Chaos

Volume 10 No 2 (2012)

Frederick David Abraham, Stanley Krippner and Ruth Richards

Abstract

Basic dynamical concepts relevant to human creativity include those of stability, instability, bifurcations, and self-organization. Here we present the view that most creative bifurcations are from chaotic to chaotic attractors, and that such bifurcations are macro-bifurcations comprised of a cascade of micro-bifurcations whether in continuous dynamics or network-style models. These typically are thus smeared in time and state-space. We suggest that the misunderstood phrase “edge of chaos” could be used for such a liberalized concept.

Keywords

creativity, stability, instability, bifurcations, self-organization, edge of chaos

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