This is the website for my TCU-in-Scotland course, The Zen of Creativity. In this course we investigate a theory of creativity based on Dean Keith Simonton's Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity, and illustrated by the lives of the "magnificent seven," especially Adam Smith.

Course Materials

• Document: Course Syllabus (required)
• Timeline: Robert Adam (recommended)
• Timeline: James Boswell (recommended)
• Timeline: Robert Burns (recommended)
• Timeline: David Hume (recommended)
• Timeline: James Hutton (recommended)
• Timeline: Adam Smith (recommended)
• Timeline: James Watt (recommended)

Web Resources

• Website: Rampant Scotland (a wealth of web links)
• Website: Edinburgh First (our residence)
• Website: City of Edinburgh (City of Light)
• Website: Island of Iona (our home for three nights)
• Wikipedia: Scottish Enlightenment (Northern Lights)
• Wikipedia: University of Edinburgh (Hotbed of Genius)
• Wikipedia: University of Glasgow (Hotbed of Genius)
• Wikipedia: Robert Adam (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: James Boswell (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: Robert Burns (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: Benjamin Franklin (was close to the Scots)
• Wikipedia: David Hume (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: James Hutton (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: Thomas Reid (progenitor of American pragmatism)
• Wikipedia: Adam Smith (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: James Watt (one of the "magnificent seven")
• Wikipedia: Creativity (a pretty good overview)
• Wikipedia: Zen (a little zen is present in all creative acts)

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