This volume addresses the methodological problems inherent in
using individual biographies as vehicles for advancing the
understanding of creativity. In addition to discussing general
problems, this volume contains illustrations of the application of
a variety of psycho-biographical strategies. The research from
these sample biographies demonstrates the manner in which
biographical data may be turned into scientific propositions. The
most important new idea in the book (which is in many ways a primer
of psycho-biography) is the distinction made between biographical
methods primarily based on an empathic approach to the data and
what the authors call conceptual methods that rely on deduction
from some theoretical schema. To date the literature has been
entirely lacking in guidelines for the biographer interested in the
psychological dimensions of his/her task and, by extension, the
creativity researcher as well. This book is intended to fill this
gap.
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