Tag: František Baluška

Close-up of a green plant with sunlight illuminating the leaves on the right side of the image

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
October 4, 2024

Categorized
Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics

Tagged
Elizabeth Kolbert, Featured, František Baluška, Locked-in syndrome, Paco Calvo, Plant rights, Plants as sentient, Thomas Nagel, Zoë Schlanger}

Three Recent Books Argue for Consciousness in Plants

_{The award-winning environment journalist who reviews the books tackles the question, “If so, is it right to eat even plants?”} _{Denyse O'Leary
October 4, 2024

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Panpsychism, Plant Mind, Politics}

The idea that plants can “feel” things, based on their complex reactions, may stem from a misunderstanding of categories of consciousness.

Cells under a microscope. Cell division. Cellular Therapy. 3d illustration on a dark background

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 11, 2023

Categorized
Biology, Philosophy

Tagged
Astonishing Hypothesis (book), Darwinism and evolution of consciousness, Francis Crick on consciousness, František Baluška, Neo-Darwinism, Panpsychism (why a growing trend)}

Cognitive Cells? A Newer Challenge to Neo-Darwinism

_{The origin of self-referential cognition is unknown, say a trio of researchers who call it “biology’s most profound enigma”} _{Denyse O'Leary
June 11, 2023

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Biology, Philosophy}

Conundrums like this help us understand why panpsychism (all life forms/cells are conscious in some sense) is beginning to replace materialism in science.