Duede, Eamon (2025) AI and the Decentering of Disciplinary Creativity. [Preprint]

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Abstract

This paper examines the role of artificial intelligence in scientific problem-solving, with a focus on its implications for disciplinary creativity. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of creativity, I distinguish between creative approaches and creative products, and introduce the concept of disciplinary creativity—the creative application of discipline-specific expertise to a valued problem within that field. Through two cases in mathematics, I show that while computation can extend disciplinary creativity, certain approaches involving AI can serve to displace it. This displacement has the potential to alter (and, perhaps, diminish) the value of scientific pursuit.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Duede, Eamon eduede@purdue.edu 0000-0002-3592-0478
Keywords:	Artificial Intelligence Creativity Mathematics Philosophy of Science
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence Specific Sciences > Mathematics General Issues > Technology
Depositing User:	Dr. Eamon Duede
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2025 11:21
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2025 11:21
Item ID:	27036
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Artificial Intelligence Specific Sciences > Mathematics General Issues > Technology
Date:	April 2025
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/27036

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