Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument – Modern Reason, from Descartes to Artificial Intelligence - Rhetoric Department

Introduction to Practical Reasoning and Critical Analysis of Argument – Modern Reason, from Descartes to Artificial Intelligence

10 001 | CCN: 30727

Modern Reason, from Descartes to Artificial Intelligence

Instructor: David Bates

Location: Dwinelle 145

Date / Time: Tu/Th 5:00pm - 6:29pm

4 Units

This class will trace a history of concepts of reason in the West, beginning with Descartes and Hobbes and ending with contemporary problems of artificial reason and thinking in the digital era. Readings will cover such topics as logic, science, artificial intelligence, and psychology.