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		Herz on July 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Creativity fundamentally comes from memorization? Umberto Eco had already discussed this extensively in his paper “the combinatorics of creativity”. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the English version, but it should be very easy to translate, it's only 16 pages. http://www.umbertoeco.it/CV/Combinatoria%20della%20creativit...

leocgit on July 31, 2024 [–]

Thanks for the link. Didn't know the text.

I found an English translation here:

- https://w4nderlu.st/media/pages/publications/combinatorics-o...

Translated by Piero Molino at https://w4nderlu.st/publications

Herz on July 31, 2024 | [–]

Oh wonderful. I hope you can find time to read it! Umberto Eco was one of the most important modern Italian philosophers.

I love his pragmatic and rational approach.

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