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We have seen that people often rely heavily on old ideas when they formulate new ones. In this chapter we will examine how existing knowledge influences the artifacts that humans produce. We will see that innovation is basically a conservative process, but also one that allows a flowering of useful new ideas.
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Ward, T.B., Finke, R.A., Smith, S.M. (1995). Invention and Product Development. In: Creativity and the Mind. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3330-0_5
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