Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

國立成功大學
三創課程
民國98年10月30日
圖案辨識 : 獨家創新力學說的理論基礎
Pattern Recognition :
Theoretical Basis of Our Unique Creativity Theory
洪正幸 Felix T. Hong, M.D., Ph.D.
Dept of Physiology Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201 USA
[email protected]
國立成功大學三創中心
Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center
National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan
知與識 (知道與辨識)
Knowing and Recognizing
「發現就是看到每個人都曾
看過的,但是想到沒人想過
的。」
“Discovery consists of
seeing what everybody has
seen and thinking what
nobody has thought.”
Albert Szent-Györgi
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
 French
mathematician
Henri Poincaré’s reported
his introspection of
mathematical discoveries.
 (Original French version,
published in Paris, 1908)
The Centennial Anniversary of the Publication of
The Foundations of Science
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
Just at this time I left Caen, where I was
then living, to go on a geologic
excursion under the auspices of the
school of mines.
就在我離開我居住的Caen (法國北部),
準備去參加一個由礦業學校主辦的地質
學之旅的時候。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
The changes of travel made me forget
my mathematical work. Having
reached Coutances, we entered an
omnibus to go some place or other.
參加旅行的心態轉變讓我暫時拋棄了我
原本的數學研究。抵達Coutances後,我
們上了巴士,要到別的地方去。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
At the moment when I put my foot on the step
the idea came to me, without anything in my
former thoughts seeming to have paved the
way for it, that the transformations I had used to
define the Fuchsian functions were identical
with those of non-Euclidean geometry.
就在我要踏上巴士的那一刻,突然靈機一動,產
生一個跟我以前所做思考亳無關聯的奇想,就是
Fuchsian functions 與non-Euclidean Geometry (非
歐幾何)的transformation演算方法相同,而可以
相互套用。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
I did not verify the idea; I should not have had
time, as, upon taking my seat in the omnibus, I
went on with a conversation already
commenced, but I felt a perfect certainty. On my
return to Caen, for conscience’ sake I verified
the result at my leisure.
當我坐在巴士上時,因我已開始與人聊天,而沒
有時間去驗證這個想法,但我覺得仍有相當的把
握。在我返回Caen之後,為了讓自己心安,我隨
即從容地驗證演算的結果確實無誤。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
He
referred to the period of incubation
prior to illumination as “long, unconscious
prior work.”
他談到闡明之前的蘊釀期中的 “持久而無意
識的工作”。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
He
also referred to the unconscious mind
as the “subliminal self,” which was
capable of “discernment” ([pattern]
recognition).
他也談到無意識的思考就像 “潛意識的自我
”也有辨識能力 (也就是有洞察力)。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
He
suspected that [the subliminal self]
knows better how to divine than the
conscious self, since it succeeds where
that has failed.
他懷疑潛意識的自我比意識清醒的自我更
知道如何思考推測,因為它在意識清醒的
自我失敗之處獲得成功。
Henri Poincaré’s 1908 Introspection
He
raised the question: “is not the
subliminal self superior to the conscious
self?”
他提出一個問題: “潛意識的自我難到不比
意識清醒的自我優秀嗎?”
Wallas’ Four Phase Model
準備期
Preparation
醞釀期 Incubation
闡明期 Illumination (頓悟Eureka!)
驗證期 Verification
The Chance-Configuration Model
of Dean Simonton
 Blind
Search
盲目搜尋
 Selection
篩選
 Retention
闡明保存
The Chance-Configuration Model
of Dean Simonton
 Blind
Search
盲目搜尋
 Selection
篩選
 Retention
闡明保存
 Random
Mutation
隨機變異
 Natural Selection
物競天擇
 Reproduction
繁殖複製
解題有如圖案識別
Problem Solving as Pattern Recognition
 題目
= Pattern = Lock (鎖)
 可行的答案 = Templates = Keys (鑰匙)
 解題 Problem solving = Pattern Recognition (圖案識別)
 關鍵點: 有兩種圖案識別
 In
the course of my attempts to decipher the enigma of
creativity, I realized that a problem can be regarded as
a pattern, and problem solving is finding a template that
can fit the pattern.
 The key to the answer: distinguishing two types of
pattern recognition.
The Chance-Configuration Model
of Dean Simonton
 Search-and-Match
Phase
搜尋與搭配階段
 Verification-Retention
驗證與保存階段
Phase
Defining the Search Space
 Blind
Search
盲目搜尋
 Heuristic Search
啟發式搜尋
 Dogmatism
(self-imposed constraint)
教條主義(自我設限)
Too large
太大
Acceptable
可接受
Too small
太小
What is So Special About
Pattern Recognition?
 Rule-based
pattern recognition:
keyword matching
Objective criteria do not tolerable ambiguity
or imprecision.
 Picture-based
pattern recognition:
matching by images
matching by analogy
Subjective criteria allow for an enormous
latitude of ambiguity and imprecision.
兩種圖案識別
Two Types of Pattern Recognition
 數位式圖案識別
Rule-based (digital) pattern recognition
 類比式圖案識別
Picture-based (analog) pattern recognition
How Did Dumb High-Achiever at WSU
Solve a Problem?
 They
recognized only pre-existing, well
defined patterns. They got lost when patterns
were distorted or did not fit any known ones.
 I called that rule-based reasoning 規則式思考
(also known as verbal thinking 語言式思考
in the literature).
 Dumb high-achievers practiced digital pattern
recognition 數位式圖案識別.
How did geniuses solve a problem?
 Geniuses
transformed a problem into a picture,
and looked at the entire picture as a whole
(Gestalt psychology).
 Geniuses did not stick to rigid rules, and could
recognize distorted patterns in accordance with
their gut feeling.
 I called that picture-based reasoning圖像式思考
(also known as visual thinking 視覺式思考in the
literature).
 Geniuses practiced analog pattern recognition
類比式圖案識別.
兩種圖案識別:一、數位式圖案識別
Two Types of Pattern Recognition:
1. Digital (Rule-Based) Pattern Recognition
 關鍵字辨讖
 文字類比、似是而非、牛頭對馬嘴
(不會舉一反三 )
 只有黑白之分、而無灰色鑑別
 客觀的標準
 不容許有誤差
 Keyword
matching
 Analogy by words
 Black-and-white dichotomy; no sense of
grayscales
 Objective criteria; do not tolerable ambiguity.
 Fault-intolerant
數位式的圖案識別
Digital Pattern Recognition
 Recognition
of email addresses (電子郵件地
址) or telephone numbers (電話號碼)
 DNA typing (DNA 鑑定)
數位式的圖案識別
Digital Pattern Recognition
數位式的圖案識別
Digital Pattern Recognition
數位式的圖案識別
Digital Pattern Recognition
數位式的圖案識別
Digital Pattern Recognition
兩種圖案識別:二、類比式圖案識別
Two Types of Pattern Recognition:
2. Analog (picture-Based) Pattern Recognition
 圖案或圖形辨識
 圖像類比
(會舉一反三 )
 灰色鑑別、五十步可以笑百步。
 主觀的標準
 容許有誤差
 Matching
by images
 Analogy by pictures
 Sense of grayscales
 Subjective criteria allow for an enormous latitude of
ambiguity and imprecision
 Fault-tolerant
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

?

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Man’s face 男人的臉孔 ?

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Man’s face 男人的臉孔

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Man’s face 男人的臉孔
The interpretation is objective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Man’s face 男人的臉孔
The interpretation is still objective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Man’s face 男人的臉孔
The interpretation is somewhat objective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition
Man’s face 男人的臉孔 ?
 or Female figure 或女人的胴體 ?
The choice is somewhat subjective.


From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition
Man’s face 男人的臉孔
 or Female figure 女人的胴體?
The choice is less subjective.


From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

A gender change?
The choice is much less subjective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in
Downward Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體
The choice is somewhat objective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
類比式的圖案識別
Analog Pattern Recognition

Female figure 女人的胴體
The choice is objective.

From: P. B. Andersen, Genres as self-organizing systems, in Downward
Causation
edited by P. B. Andersen, C. Emmeche, N. O. Finnemann and P. V.
Christiansen, Aarhus University Press, 2000.
分子辨識
Molecular Recognition
Molecular recognition
is accomplished by
matching a finite
number of recognition
sites.
分子辨識
Molecular Recognition
Molecular recognition
is accomplished by
matching a finite
number of recognition
sites.
分子辨識
Molecular Recognition
Molecular recognition
is accomplished by
matching a finite
number of recognition
sites.
分子辨識
Molecular Recognition
Molecular recognition
is accomplished by
matching a finite
number of recognition
sites.
Incompatibility of Sequential Algorithm
and Pattern Recognition
Linear sequential reasoning
vs.
Gestalt (holistic) synthesis
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 The
portrait of American
inventor Thomas A. Edison
was constructed with a
sequential array of product
names from JAMECO’s
catalogue.
 The alphabets, constituting
the product names, vary in
size, brightness and 3
colors.
 Edison appeared to stare
in the left lower direction.
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 At
this level of
magnification, the eyes, the
nose and the mouth are
still discernible.
 The effect of Edison’s gaze
was primarily due to the
large sizes of letters “O”
and “IC,” portraying the
right and the left pupils of
Edison’s eyes.
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 At
this level of magnification, the “stare” can
be identified with two product names:
MOTHERBOARDS ROBOTICS.
 With prior knowledge, the eye sockets and
the “stare” are still discernible.
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 At
the same level of magnification but with the
additional “landmarks” clipped off, the “stare”
is no longer discernible, even with prior
knowledge of its existence.
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 How
about this?
Pattern Recognition as
A Holistic (Parallel) Process
 And
this?
(The gray scale was eliminated.)
並行處理
Parallel Processing
The Chance-Configuration Model
of Dean Simonton
 Search-and-Match
Phase
 Verification-Retention Phase
Interpretation of
Henri Poincaré’ Remark
 “...
it is by logic that we prove.
It is by intuition that we discover.”
「我們以直覺來發現 , 以邏輯來驗證。」
Henri Poincaré
Interpretation of
Henri Poincaré’ Remark
 “...
it is by logic that we prove.
It is by intuition that we discover.”
「我們以直覺來發現 , 以邏輯來驗證。」
Henri Poincaré
 Interpretation:
Identify intuition with the search-and-match phase.
Identify logic with the verification phase.
幾個相關聯的概念
 直覺
Intuition
 靈感
Inspiration
 領悟
Insight
 佛洛依德的初級思考
 圖像式思考
Primary-Process Thinking
Picture-based reasoning
幾個相關聯的概念
 邏輯
Logic
 佛洛依德的次級思考
Secondary-Process Thinking
 規則式思考
Rule-based reasoning
Other Equivalent Models
 Poincaré:
intuitive and logical approaches
 Freud: primary-process and secondaryprocess thinking
 Kris: inspirational and elaborative phases
 Newell, Shaw and Simon: solution-generating
and solution-verifying processes.
 Bastick: visual-ability and verbal-ability modes
 Boden: parallel-intuitive and sequentialdeliberative thinking.
Robert Rosen’s Classification
of Natural Processes
 Unformalizable
process
 Non-algorithmic process
 Semantic process
Formalizable process
 Algorithmic process
 Syntactic process

Syntactic 句法學
 完全照字面詮釋。
Semantic 語意學
 必須聽到弦外之音
 由字裡行間來揣摩會意
Semantic 語意學
 Were
it not out of respect for the Office of
the U.S.President, I would have called
George W. Bush a son-of-a-bitch.
 假若不是因為對美國總統這個職位的尊重,
我就會說小布希是母狗養的。
 我有沒有罵小布希是母狗養的?你說說看?
Semantic 語意學
 Why
a son-of-a-bitch is such a derogatory term?
 A son of a bitch is an offspring of a female dog.
That is, a little puppy. But little puppy is adorable.
 But English-speaking people also call a prostitute a
bitch.
 為何說是母狗養的這麼難聽?
 是母狗養的,就是小狗。很可愛呀!
 但是英語系的人種稱呼妓女為母狗。
 你還要我多作說明嗎?會意了嗎?
Semantic 語意學
 你說他是飯桶高材生,好歹他也有耶魯大學及
哈佛大學的高學歷。
 「搞不好」其實是搞得意外的好。
 起碼(騎馬)要一百萬元才買得到。那騎牛呢?
 Tough Luck = Too bad
 Oh Ya? 真的嗎?
Computer-based Translation
電腦翻譯
 Out
of sight out of mind.
 眼不見,心不煩。
 Invisible idiot.
 隱形(令人看不到)的白癡。
of sight = 看不到
 Out of mind = 發瘋、發狂、瘋子、心靈失常
 Idiot = 白癡
 Out
Computer-based Translation
電腦翻譯
 美國的博士制度規定要修兩種外國語言。
 電腦只會
syntax 而不會 semantic。
 那位制定可以用電腦語言來取代一種外語的仁兄
真是白癡。
 因為他望字生義,他的思考方式是不折不扣的
飯桶高材生.
Word Replacement Game
 Solution-generating
 Solution-verifying
 Intuitive
 Logical
 Inspirational
 Elaborative
 Parallel-intuitive
 Sequential-deliberative
 Visual
 Verbal
 Picture-
 Rule-based
(pattern-)based
 Non-formalizable
 Semantic process
 Non-verbalizable
 Primary process
 Formalizable
 Syntatic
process
 Verbalizable
 Secondary process
What Is Intuition?
Psychologists’ Answer
「我們在研究領悟時,最需要的正是一些清新
的領悟。」
“What we need most in the study of insight
are some new insights!”
R. J. Sternberg and J. E. Davidson
Insight, in Encyclopedia of Creativity, Vol. 2, pp.
57-69, (M. A. Runco and S. R. Pritzker, Eds.),
Academic Press, San Diego, London, Boston, New
York, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto, 1999.
What Is Intuition?
Psychologists’ Answer
「我們在研究領悟時,最需要的正是一些清新的領
悟。」
“What we need most in the study of insight are
some new insights!”
No syntactic content.
Only semantic content
Therefore, insight is a semantic process.
Obscenity Defined Implicitly
「當我看到時,就自然知道。」
“I know it when I see it!”
Potter Stewart
U.S. Supreme Court ex-associate justice
What Is Intuition?
Carl Friedrich Gauss’ Description
當高斯提到,如何解答一個長期困擾他的問題時,他
說:「就像是一道閃電一般,答案突如其來地,就把
問題自動解決。至於答案跟我本來就擁有的知識,有
何關聯,連我一時也說不上來。」
In referring to a long-standing problem which he had
just solved, Gauss said,
“Like a sudden flash of lightning, the riddle happened
to be solved.
I myself cannot say what was the conducting thread
which connected what I previously knew with what
made my success possible.”
What Is Intuition?
Nikola Tesla’s Description
「當我靈感湧上時,我的意念就像閃電一般地突
如其來,真相立即大白。」
As I uttered these inspiring words the idea
came like a flash of lightning and in an instant
the truth was revealed.
What Is Intuition?
Albert Einstein’s Description
In responding to Hadamard’s questionnaire,
Einstein indicated,
His initial thought process is largely visual.
The words or the language do not seem to
play any role in his mechanism of thought.
Conventional words or other signs have to
be sought for laboriously only in a secondary
stage.
What Is Gut Feeling?
A 911 Survivor’s Introspection
In his hour-long descent from the 72nd floor of
one of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center,
Cary Shieh stated in an widely distributed email:
“There was no smoke at all in the stairwell, but
there was a strange peculiar smell,
which I later remembered it smelling like how it
does when one boards an aircraft.
I later found out that this was jetfuel.”
What Is Intuition?
It’s Parallel Processing
 The
mystery of insight, intuition,
and what Sigmund Freud referred
to as primary-process thinking can
be elucidated by identifying these
process with parallel processes.
 Parallel processes are difficult to
articulate (verbalize) explicitly.
Advantages of
Rule-Based Reasoning
 Speed.
 Less
effort and mental strain.
 Highly objective.
 Optimized for standardized tests and
simple essay tests that require only
regurgitation (e.g., simple definitions, or
descriptions of processes).
Disadvantages of
Rule-Based Reasoning
 Handicapped
at the search phase.
 Handicapped at the match phase.
 Possible misuse or abuse of rules at the
verification phase.
 Incapable of generating new rules.
 Unsuitable for most essay tests that require
reorganization of knowledge or novel
arguments.
 Short retention time.
 Not conducive to creativity.
規則式的思考可能造成虛假的安全感
Rule-Based Reasoning Fosters A False Sense of Safety
A Dye Laser
 A dye
laser with the chassis closed for normal
operation (left). The chassis is opened to
expose the capacitor and the flash lamp.
Dye Laser with a high-voltage
condenser (capacitor)
 The
dye laser and its high-voltage (12,000 volts)
capacitor (condenser). Normally, the stored electricity
discharges, upon triggering, through the flash lamp to
stimulate the dye to generate laser light.
Safety Interlock
Unlatch the safety interlock
allows electricity to be
discharge through the resistor
to the ground so the no lethal
amount of electricity is present
upon opening the chassis.
The Resistors in the Protective Circuitry
 The
resistors in the protective circuitry are
occasionally burnt out, thus preventing the
normal function of the safety interlock.
 安全電路,形同虛設。
Rule-Based Reasoning Could Kill
 If
the resistors are blown, the safety
interlock circuitry no longer protects the
operator from the lethal high voltage.
 Rule-based reasoning failed to take into
account the circumstance of malfunctioning
of the protective circuitry when the
resistors burnt out.
撤飛彈或銷毀飛彈?
 視覺式思考讓我們看到,被撤的飛彈可以
快速復位。撤飛彈造成虛假的安全感。
 銷毀飛彈比較不容易作弊。
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 The
pros and cons of rule-based versus picturebased reasoning were vividly described in
Anatoli Boukreev and G. Weston DeWalt's book
The Climb, which chronicled the May 10, 1996,
tragic accident in the “Death Zone” of Mt.
Everest (pp. 134-135):
 規則式思考與圖像式思考的利弊,在Anatoli
Boukreev與G. Weston DeWalt的書The Climb中
被生動的描述。它是敘述1996年5月10日,發生
在聖母峰的“Death Zone”的悲慘意外(pp. 134135) .
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
There was a tragic mountaineering
accident in the “Death Zone” of Mt.
Everest on May 10, 1996.
 Rob Hall, the leader of Adventure
Consultants:
legalist philosophy “墨守成規者”
 Scott Fischer, the leader of
Mountain Madness:
situationist philosophy “情況論者”

聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 The
differences between [Rob] Hall's and
[Scott] Fischer's philosophies of guiding [highaltitude mountaineering tours] were emblematic
of an ongoing debate between practitioners in
the adventure travel industry. The camps of
belief can be roughly divided between the
“situationalists” and the “legalists.”
 Rob Hall與Scott Fischer [高海跋登山旅遊] 的
嚮導哲學的不同之處,是象徵冒險旅遊業的業者
間永不間斷的辯論。對峙的陣營可大略分為 “情
況論者” 及 “墨守成規者”。
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 The
situationalists argue that in leading a risky
adventure no system of rules can adequately
cover every situation that might arise, and they
argue that rules on some occasions should be
subordinated to unique demands that present
themselves.
 情況論者認為,在帶領一趟探險中,沒有一套系
統的規則能夠充分地涵蓋到每一個可能發生的情
況。而且他們認為某些情況之下,特殊的應變措
施必須取代成規。
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 The
legalist, believing that rules can
substantially reduce the possibility of bad
decisions being made, ask that personal
freedom take a backseat.
 墨守成規者則相信這些規則能夠大大的減少,做
出錯誤決定的可能性。因而個人的靈活操作應該
退居末座。
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 Critics
of the legalist philosophy argue that an
omniscient, rule-based position that minimizes
independent action is being promulgated largely
out of fear of bad publicity or lawsuits that might
result from a lack of demonstrable
“responsibility.”
 墨守成規哲學的批評者認定,墨守成規者之所以
全面採取一個無所不能的、規則式的策略,而使
個人獨立的行動縮到最低限度,乃是因為害怕個
人獨立行動可能導致無法突顯業者曾有責任感的
證據,而損壞名聲或引起訴訟。
聖母峰的悲劇
Tragic Accident at Mt. Everest
 These
critics find it confoundingly odd that an
industry that promotes the values of personal
freedom and initiative would expound a
philosophy that minimizes the pursuit of these
very values.
 這些批評家發現一個矛盾的怪異現象:一向標榜
個人自由的價值及進取心的產業,居然會追求一
個矮化這些價值的哲學。
What Is Intuition?
“Aha!” Phenomenon
 Suddenness
of occurrence
 A snapping action tantamount to bursting into
laughter or a sigh of relief
 Feeling of certainty before verification
 Complete ignorance of why and how it
happens
All these features point to parallel processing.
What Is Intuition?
Our Present Interpretation
 the
ability to correctly prune off unproductive
search paths from the search tree, while
correctly preserving productive search paths
that are not obvious, so as to arrive at an
optimal search space (heuristic search 啟發
式的搜尋).
 the uncanny ability to recognize a subtle
match where average people fail.
 In brief, having a good intuition means being
good at both searching and matching.
Re-interpretation of Freud’s
Concept of the Unconscious
 Segmentation
of working memory into two
regions:
focal attention vs. peripheral attention
 Defocusing of selective attention expands the
search space.
 The notion of the “edge” of attention
任何創新力理論都必須通過的三個試驗
Three Litmus Tests of Creativity Theories
 解釋何謂「直覺」、「領悟
(洞見)」、「靈感」
。
 解釋為何獨創者於重大發現之事後,仍是茫然不知
自己是如何辦到的。
 解釋何謂「頓悟」。
 Explain
what intuition, insight, or the source of
inspiration is.
 Explain why the creator often had no awareness
of how a discovery had been made, even after the
fact.
 Explain why a discovery often occurred suddenly:
Eureka! “Aha” phenomenon.
AI Interpretation of
Simonton’s Model
 Search-and-Match
Phase (two options):
Picture-based reasoning
parallel processing
with random access
subjective judgment required
Rule-based reasoning
sequential processing
with sequential access
objective judgment required
AI Interpretation of
Simonton’s Model
 Verification
phase (only one option):
Strictly rule-based reasoning
sequential processing
strictly objective judgment required
Francis Bacon (培根): The New Organon 新工具論
Idols of the Marketplace 社會語言影響產生的謬見
And therefore the ill choice of words wonderfully obstructs the
understanding.
Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some
things learned men are wont to guard and defend
themselves, by any means set the matter right.
But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and
throw all into confusion, and lead men away into numberless
empty controversies and idle fancies.
因此,不好或不適切的文字選擇,會驚人地阻礙理解。
在某些情形中,博學之士習慣於保衛與防護他們自己,他們使
用任何方式來導正情況,這既不是定義也不是解釋。
但是文字明顯地強迫與支配我們的理解,並使我們混淆,而引
導學人進入無數的空洞爭論與無根據的猜想。
Hemispheric Lateralization:
Novelty-Routinization Scheme
Left
Cerebral Hemisphere:
左腦半球
Speech and language function 說話及語言功能
Linear sequential thought 單線思考
Routinized cognitive strategies 常規認知策略
Sequential processing 順序性處理
Hemispheric Lateralization:
Novelty-Routinization Scheme
Right
Cerebral Hemisphere:
右腦半球
Nonverbal and spatio-visual function 非語言及視空的功能
Gestalt (holistic) synthesis 整體性通盤考慮、合成
Pattern recognition 圖案辨識
Exploratory and novel cognitive strategies 探索創新心智策略
Parallel processing 並行處理