ABSTRACT
Creativity, originality, novelty, and such words are regarded as “good things”, and we often fail to distinguish between them-indeed we find them hard to define. Surely we do not need three words with exactly the same meaning, hence we should try to differentiate somewhat between them as we try to define them. The importance of definitions has been stressed before, and we will use this occasion to illustrate an approach to defining things, not that we will succeed perfectly or even well.
