Selected aspects of biophilosophical controversies in complex plant behaviour research

• Authors: Kupczak Rafał
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We are currently witnessing changes in the scientific perception of the world of plants. Fundamental questions raised by scientists relate to the organization of plant life and concern the way in which signals are received from both the internal and external environment, and their acceptance or rejection depending on the potential consequences for the whole plant. The traditional understanding of plants as organisms devoid of sensual nature has undergone changes in favour of the conviction that advanced processes indicating intelligent plant behaviour could actually exist. The emergence of this new paradigm of research has triggered numerous disputes and controversies, both among scientists and philosophers.

Keywords

EN

studies of plants; plant behaviour; plant intelligence; biophilosophical controversies

PL

badania roślin; zachowanie się roślin; inteligencja roślin; kontrowersje biofilozoficzne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
• Journal: Studia Philosophiae Christianae
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 53
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 123-144

Contributors

author

Kupczak Rafał

• Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie, Wydział Filozoficzny, Instytut Filozofii, Kopernika 26, 31-501 Kraków, Poland