Cause and Principles of Creativity

Aristotle while searching for answers to the fundamental questions of the causes and the principles of the known universe, theorizes that for every artifact there are four causes that give rise to its existence: Material Cause - object used for creation; Formal Cause - shape or configuration assumed by the object material; Efficient Cause - skills; Final Cause - functionality.

The identity of a `creative action' is its aesthetic experience. And in order to understand its degree of fulfillment one needs to examine its ostensible goal. The synthesis of the constitutive elements referred above facilitates creativity. Potter has to select right type of material-clay (plate 3A) for making a pot. Material, in this case clay is given formal shape (plate 3B). The shape and form of an earthen pot may not fulfill the creative urge. The Efficient Skill (plate 3C) is added with necessary surface decoration. Finally the pot is in service through functionality (plate 3D).

4A Porcupine climbing	4B Chimp climbing	4C Foot-rest Climber	4D Ladder for Climbing

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