In this paper, the authors explore the creative dimensions of philosophy. They strive to conceptualize guidelines for understanding what is somewhat inexplicable in the nature of creativity. Furthermore, this is approached by interpreting the background of Deleuze’s (and Guattari’s) questioning of “what is philosophy”. This inquiry by Deleuze (and Guattari) is significant because it considers philosophy as a creative endeavor. Drawing on some of their insights, the authors extend Deleuze (and Guattarian) motifs that highlight the connection between creation and necessity, and creation and shame. For a more fundamental understanding of creative in our historical context, there is an opposition between the creative and the investigative, as well as the creator and the investigator, up to the point of their “conflict”. Based on this opposition, and on the differentiation of creativity from investigation, as well as from “content creation”, the authors point to the importance of deeper concern for the creative - whose understanding in our times is distorted by the imperative of hyperproduction of content. It is predicted that perhaps in some new historical circumstances, the creative may become of additional importance for philosophy and humanity.
Natasa Milovic (Thu,) studied this question.