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Hacia una teoría evolutivo-comunitaria de la creatividad humana

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  • Malena León
Malena León
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina / Instituto de Humanidades - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36446/af.e1186

Publicado 2026-04-21

Palabras clave

  • Creatividad,
  • Teoría evolutiva de la creatividad,
  • Evolución cultural,
  • Campbell,
  • Simonton,
  • Dennett
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  • Creativity,
  • Evolutionary Theory of Creativity,
  • Cultural evolution,
  • Campbell,
  • Simonton,
  • Dennett
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  • Criatividade,
  • Teoria evolutiva da criatividade,
  • Evolução cultural,
  • Campbell,
  • Simonton,
  • Dennett
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Resumen

De acuerdo con la Teoría Evolutiva de la Creatividad, los procesos creativos proceden por medio de variación ciega y retención selectiva de ideas. Según voy a argumentar, dicha teoría tiene la virtud de proveer una descripción naturalista del fenómeno de la creatividad, pero presenta una limitación innecesaria: restringe los procesos de selección de ideas al nivel de los individuos. Por su parte, algunas teorías de la evolución cultural sostienen que los procesos de variación y selección también ocurren a nivel de las comunidades. En tal sentido, propongo reformular la Teoría Evolutiva de la Creatividad incorporando los procesos que ocurren a nivel de las comunidades en su explicación de la originalidad y el valor de los productos creativos.

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