Psychology of scientific creativity (Case study: the formation of the cultural-historical theoiy of L. Vygotsky)

Abstract

The article attempts a critical analysis of the main approaches on scientific creativity. Taking as example the life and work of L.Vygotsky it was attempted to analyze the effect of the 'attitude of life* of the researcher in the choice of the field of inquiring and of the direction of the scientific activity. Creativity is seen as a complex phenomenon and for its comprehension a concrete historical investigation of the reciprocal affinity of the social, the scientific and the per­sonal dimensions on the process of knowledge production is essential The developing, creative, scientific activity is presented as a «classic» or «romantic» type of thought, as synthetic and analytic theorizing of its subject matter.