Phil/Psych 447

Seminar in Cognitive Science

Additional, optional, further readings: Miscellaneous further readings.

Week 4: Computational Connections

Boden Chapter 5

Discussion Questions

1. What did you find confusing or hard to understand in this chapter? Computers? Search? Analogical?
2. What abilities do human children have that are currently lacking in computers?
3. Is the prospect of computational creativity attractive or unappealing?
4. How do rules and constraints guide computational problem solving?
5. What representational schemes (semantics nets, frames, etc.) can support creativity?
6. Are analogical representations (mental models) important for creativity?
7. Can mere association generate creativity?

Boden Chapter 6

Discussion Questions

1. What did you find confusing or hard to understand in this chapter? Connectionism?
2. Is connectionism more promising than traditional AI in modeling creativity?
3. Could good poetry be generated by a computer?
4. Can creativity be mechanistic?
5. How can learning contribute to creativity?
6. What does it take to be original?

Phil/Psych 447

Paul Thagard

Computational Epistemology Laboratory.

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