Thinking and Intelligence: Critical, Creative, Artificial
36 hours Face to Face + Blended
One Semester or equivalent
Hawthorn
Available to incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students
Overview
This Unit examines Artificial Intelligence (AI), its history, operational principles, and application, including its relationship to the concepts of self, free will and personhood. It also considers key historical and philosophical concepts of mind, as well as teaching practical skills in reasoning and argument development.
Requisites
Prerequisites
50 credit points
Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Semester 1
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
01-March-2027
30-May-2027
30-May-2027
Last self-enrolment date
14-March-2027
Census date
30-March-2027
Last withdraw without fail date
20-April-2027
Results released date
06-July-2027
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Analyse the components of persuasive arguments to construct new logical and cogent arguments that contain strong premises and conclusions.
- Examine key historical and philosophical concepts of mind and their impact on ideas about the mind-body relationship, the self, consciousness, and free will.
- Identify key concepts in the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI) to design methods for the effective use of AI tools.
- Evaluate the application of creative approaches and their constraints to explore philosophical questions.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On Campus Class |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Learning Activities Various |
5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities Independent Learning |
4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Major Essay | Individual | 40% | 1,4 |
| Tutorial Presentation | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3 |
| Online Quizzes | Individual | 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
Content
- Critical and creative thinking in human minds
- The development, application and ethics of artificial minds (or Artificial Intelligence).
- The principles and techniques involved in identifying, building, and evaluating arguments.
- Creativity in science and technology, and the value of constraints in creativity.
- Philosophical concepts and questions related to human and artificial intelligence.
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.
