ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a number of respects in which epistemology too can contribute to the philosophical understanding of creativity. Both knowledge and creativity involve achievements of different kinds, and from that point of contact one might build a number of useful analogies. Creative products are not items of knowledge, or at least they are not straightforwardly and exclusively items of knowledge, whilst the skills and virtues central to being a creative agent are not simply identical to those central to being a good epistemic enquirer. The concept of creativity involves concepts from the family of novelty, originality, and surprise. The literature on epistemic value suggests a way of connecting creativity and value. The chapter explores a further area in which epistemology can enrich the philosophy of creativity, and vice versa. This concerns the ethics and politics of our practices of recognising creativity and knowledge, in others and in ourselves.
