Experimental Reason, Inquiry, Creativity

Dewey's ongoing study of Logic, culminating in his characterization of it as 'theory of inquiry', expresses his appreciation of the experimental nature of Reason.  He also recognizes that an inquiry involves interrogation.  However, his attribution of "questionable"--"uncertain, unsettled, disturbed"--primarily to an objective situation, suppresses the subjective wonder of 'what if?' that can suddenly occur to anyone, thereby first creating a 'situation'.  In other words, Dewey's concept of Experimental Reason does not seem to appreciate the creativity that inspires an Archimedes or a Copernicus, who are not necessarily confronted with a disturbed situation.  To the contrary, as the case of Galileo exemplifies, such creativity can itself be a disruptive factor.