Instruction
chapter
11
from
her
book
The
Creative
Mind
(2004)
where
she
addresses
philosophical
debates
regarding
this
in
more
detail
(about
10
pages
after
its
beginning).
The
text
is
a
bit
too
specialized
for
our
purposes
and
also
longer
than
necessary,
thus,
this
is
voluntary
background-‐
reading.
Note:
The
“four
Lovelace-‐questions”
she
addresses
(referring
to
Ada
Lovelace)
are:
1) Can computational concepts help us to understand human creativity?
2) Could a computer (now or in the future) appear to be creative?
3) Could a computer ever appear to recognize creativity?
4) Could a computer ever really be creative?
Boden
answers
the
first
three
questions
with
yes
…
regarding
the
last
one
she
has
…
objections.
We
talked
about
our
objections
last
class.
(What
are
hers?)
C) Read
and
prepare
for
discussion
the
very
short
text-‐excerpt
on
“Po”
by
Edward
de
Bono
(distributed
in
class
and
uploaded
on
UMLearn).
This
is
about
the
disposability
(or
not)
of
thinking
in
yes/no
frameworks.
Highly
relevant.
D) We
still
have
not
yet
talked
about
the
text
by
Arthur
Koestler,
assigned
for
last
class.
So:
keep
your
comments
and
questions
in
mind
from
the
last
session-‐prep.
(distributed
in
class
and
uploaded)
And
…
E) Finally
a
brief
comment
is
asked-‐from
you
to
upload
in
the
discussion
forum:
on
the
“Po”-‐excerpt
regarding
De
Bono.
How
do
you
respond
to
it?
What
kind
of
ideas,
questions,
AHA’s
and
reactions
does
it
provoke
in
you?
Can
you
insert
it
somewhere
into
the
context
of
our
debates?
(e.g.
Wallas’
4
stages?)