Multidisciplinary creativity: the case of Herbert A. Simon |
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| Authors: | Subrata Dasgupta |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychiatry, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh;2. Biomedical Research Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh;1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Catania, Italy;2. Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Italy;3. Portsmouth Business School, Centre of Operations Research and Logistics, University of Portsmouth, UK;4. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, Canada;1. Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Corso Italia 55, Catania 95129, Italy;2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto M3J 1P3, Canada;1. The Institute for Choice, The University of South Australia, Australia;2. Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego, United States;3. The School of Marketing, The University of South Australia, Australia;1. Department of Economics and Business, University of Catania, Catania 95129, Italy;2. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto M3J 1P3, Canada |
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| Abstract: | In the twentieth century, no person epitomized more dramatically the “Renaissance mind” than Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001). In aworking life spanning over 60 years, Simon made seminal contributions to administrative theory, axiomatic foundations of physics, economics, sociology, econometrics, cognitive psychology, logic of scientific discovery, and artificial intelligence. Simon's life of the mind, thus, affords nothing less than a “laboratory” in which to observe and examine at close quarters the phenomenon of multidisciplinary creativity. In this paper, we attempt to shed some light on the nature of Simon's creativity and the nature of his particular Renaissance mind. In particular, we have attempted here to articulate the cognitive style underlying Simon's multidisciplinary creativity. |
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| Keywords: | Creativity Renaissance man H.A. Simon Case study method Multidisciplinarity Cognitive style |
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