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Accepted manuscript

AI and the Decentering of Disciplinary Creativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2026

Eamon Duede*
Affiliation:
Purdue University Argonne National Laboratory Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy
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*Corresponding author: Eamon Duede; eduede@purdue.edu
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Abstract

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This paper examines the role of artificial intelligence in scientific problem-solving, with a focus on its implications for disciplinary creativity. Drawing on recent work in the philosophy of creativity, I distinguish between creative approaches and creative products, and introduce the concept of disciplinary creativity—the creative application of discipline-specific expertise to a valued problem within that field. Through two cases in mathematics, I show that while computation can extend disciplinary creativity, certain approaches involving AI can serve to displace it. This displacement has the potential to alter (and, perhaps, diminish) the value of scientific pursuit.

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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Philosophy of Science Association