The Process of Janusian Thinking in Creativity
- 1 March 1971
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 24 (3) , 195-205
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1971.01750090001001
Abstract
"Janusian thinking"—the capacity to conceive and utilize two or more opposite or contradictory ideas, concepts, or images simultaneously—is discussed in relation to its role in the creative process in art, literature, architecture, music, science, and mathematics. I feel that understanding the psychological factors in creativity should be of importance in the theory and everyday practice of the art of psychotherapy.Keywords
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