An action based model of representation, and, thus, of cognition, does not support a passive mind model of epistemology, such as transduction or induction: impressions from the world cannot construct competent action systems. An action based model, thus, forces a constructivism. That constructivism, in turn, - baring prescience about what constructions to undertake - must be some sort of variation and selection constructivism, an evolutionary epistemology. To model the dynamics of such processes, both the variational processes and the selection processes must be addressed. Variations will, in general, be generated by various heuristics (which require their own dynamic models), while internal selection principles constitute the organism's knowledge of what constitutes error. Generation of novel but heuristically plausible variations constitutes a tentative model of individual level creativity. While, insofar as the selection criteria capture socially and scientifically relevant and important criteria, satisfaction of those criteria constitutes a tentative model of social level creativity.
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