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Discovery in natural selection and knowledge processes: a commentary on ‘an agent‐based model of exaptive processes’
Author(s) -
Grandori Anna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1057/palgrave.emr.1500086
Subject(s) - exaptation , parallelism (grammar) , computer science , selection (genetic algorithm) , cognitive science , process (computing) , adaptation (eye) , cognition , natural selection , cognitive architecture , natural (archaeology) , epistemology , artificial intelligence , cognitive psychology , psychology , history , neuroscience , biology , archaeology , philosophy , paleontology , parallel computing , operating system
Campbell drew a parallelism between traditional processes of adaptation and cognitive processes of “trial and error” and indicate in the blind variation, selection and retention model ‘the’ general template of creative processes. This comment positions the article on exaptation by drawing a parallelism between natural processes of exaptation and the cognitive processes of discovery. It is indicated that the multifunctionality and multi‐purposedness of resources, actions and artifacts permit processes that are simultaneously more creative and less error prone than those traditionally envisaged, and therefore better able to model and sustain innovation in unstructured problems.