consciousness-studies
Consciousness studies explores whether and how organisms exhibit awareness of internal states or external stimuli, a concept traditionally reserved for animals with nervous systems. Applied to plant science, this field investigates whether plants' sophisticated abilities to sense, process, and respond to environmental cues—through electrical and chemical signaling—constitute a form of awareness or merely complex non-conscious computation. This debate pushes researchers to redefine the boundaries of perception and cognition across the tree of life, challenging assumptions about what forms of information processing require a brain.
open_in_new WikipediaConsciousness as Ontological Prime: A Structural Theory of Life, Co...
Understanding whether plants, fungi, or soil microbial networks could qualify as 'conscious' unde...
Consciousness as Ontological Prime: A Structural Theory of Life, Co...
Understanding consciousness as a structural property rather than a biological one has no direct b...