爱因斯坦的创造性思维一直是当代科学方法论研究的最重要的案例之一。关于创造性思维,爱因斯坦可说是一个直觉主义者。什么是直觉?粗略地说,直觉是一种非逻辑的跳跃性思维,它和灵感、顿悟、自由想象等属于同一个范畴。直觉思维没有确定的模式,而逻辑思维有确定的模式。 有趣的是,关于直觉思维和逻辑思维在科学创造中所起的作用,两位最伟大的科学家牛顿和爱因斯坦的观点几乎是截然相反 Einstein’s creative thinking has always been one of the most important case studies of contemporary scientific methodology. About creative thinking, Einstein can be said to be an intuitionist. What is intuition? Roughly speaking, intuition is a kind of non-logical and jumping thinking, which belongs to the same category as inspiration, epiphany and free imagination. Intuitive thinking has no definite pattern, and logical thinking has a definite pattern. Interestingly, the notion of intuition and logical thinking in the creation of science is almost diametrically opposed to the two greatest scientists, Newton and Einstein