...to solve an actual problem but discovering, envisioning, going into deeper questions. Envisioning, putting the productive question is often more important,...often a greater achievement than the solution of a set question." One component of this discovery process involves the ability to detect inconsistencies,...

...than in the solutions that are given form by those questions. Wertheimer (1945, p. 123) argued that the "... function of thinking is not just solving...envisaging, going into deeper questions. Often, in great discovery the most important thing is that a certain question is found." The same may be said of wisdom....

...from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."1 Max Wertheimer: "The function of thinking is not just solving an actual...Envisaging, putting the productive question is often a more important, often a greater achievement than the solution of a set question."2 Henry Moore: "I...

...what creativity is about, formulating new problems or possibilities rather than solving old problems. Often in great discoveries the most important thing...certain question is found. Envisaging, putting the productivity towards the question is often more important, often a greater achievement than the solution...

...in science" (Einstein & Infeld 1938, p. 83). Not long after that, Wertheimer (1982) pointed out that "often in great discoveries the most important thing...Envisaging, putting the productive question is often a more important, often a greater achievement than the solution of a set question" (p. 123). Guilford...