A MODEL FOR EXPLAINING A PHENOMENON IN CREATIVE CONCEPT-FORMATION

This paper gives a model to explain one phenomenon found in the proces s of creative concept formation, i.e. the phenomenon that people often get trapped in some state where the mental world remains nebulous and sometimes suddenly make a jump to a new concept. This phenomenon has been qualitatively explained mainly by the philosophers but there have not been models for explaining it quantitatively. Such model is neces sary in a new research field to study the systems for aiding human cre ative activities. So far, the work on creation aid has not had theoret ical background and the systems have been built based only on trial an d error. The model given in this paper explains some aspects of the ph enomena found in creative activities and give some suggestions for the future systems for aiding creative concept formation.