Consciousness and cognition in plants

Segundo-Ortin, Miguel; Calvo, Paco

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Consciousness and cognition in plants

dc.contributor.author	Segundo-Ortin, Miguel
dc.contributor.author	Calvo, Paco
dc.contributor.department	Filosofía
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-10T11:10:59Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-10T11:10:59Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-23
dc.description	© 2021 The Authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/. This document is the Accepted version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in WIREs: Cognitive Science. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1578	es
dc.description.abstract	Unlike animal behavior, behavior in plants is traditionally assumed to be completely determined either genetically or environmentally. Under this assumption, plants are usually considered to be noncognitive organisms. This view nonetheless clashes with a growing body of empirical research that shows that many sophisticated cognitive capabilities traditionally assumed to be exclusive to animals are exhibited by plants too. Yet, if plants can be considered cognitive, even in a minimal sense, can they also be considered conscious? Some authors defend that the quest for plant consciousness is worth pursuing, under the premise that sentience can play a role in facilitating plant's sophisticated behavior. The goal of this article is not to provide a positive argument for plant cognition and consciousness, but to invite a constructive, empirically informed debate about it. After reviewing the empirical literature concerning plant cognition, we introduce the reader to the emerging field of plant neurobiology. Research on plant electrical and chemical signaling can help shed light into the biological bases for plant sentience. To conclude, we shall present a series of approaches to scientifically investigate plant consciousness. In sum, we invite the reader to consider the idea that if consciousness boils down to some form of biological adaptation, we should not exclude a priori the possibility that plants have evolved their own phenomenal experience of the world.	es
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dc.format.extent	23	es
dc.identifier.citation	WIREs Cogn Sci. 2021 e1578
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1578
dc.identifier.issn	Electronic: 1939-5086
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/148260
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Wiley	es
dc.relation	Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VIDI, Grant/Award Number: VI.VIDI.195.116; Office of Naval Research Global, Grant/Award Number: N62909-19-1-2015	es
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wcs.1578
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Adaptive behavior	es
dc.subject	Cognitive science	es
dc.subject	Plant cognition	es
dc.subject	Plant consciousness	es
dc.subject	Plant neurobiology	es
dc.title	Consciousness and cognition in plants	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication	es