Book chapter
Why Plant Cognition Is Not (Yet) Out of the Woods
Philosophy of Plant Cognition, pp.19-36
Routledge
2024
DOI: 10.4324/9781003393375-3
Abstract
There is no doubt that plants and animals share genetic, molecular, developmental, morphological and behavioral traits and that plant behavior is flexible and adaptive. But plant cognition advocates do not successfully leverage these features to support their claim that plant signaling and behavior are best explained by ascribing cognitive processes to them. Nor does their use of neurobiological language for plants have any clear scientific value. Instead, their advocacy has significant potential scientific disvalue to the extent that it interferes with nascent efforts to understand the evolution of cognition and its extent in phylogeny.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Why Plant Cognition Is Not (Yet) Out of the Woods
- Creators
- Carrie Figdor
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Philosophy of Plant Cognition, pp.19-36
- Publisher
- Routledge; New York, NY
- DOI
- 10.4324/9781003393375-3
- Alternative title
- Why Plant Cognition Is Not (Yet) Out of the Woods
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2024
- Academic Unit
- Philosophy; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984656627102771
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