Tag: Paco Calvo

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

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post

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.

Yes, Plants May Be Conscious Too, Says Researcher

_{Paco Calvo has authored many papers in respected journals; his view is another instance of panpsychism overtaking materialism in science} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 29, 2022

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Human exceptionalism, Panpsychism}

It’s not so much that consciousness in plants is being demonstrated as that what consciousness means is changing so as to include plants.