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Plant Behaviour and Intelligence (Paperback)
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Plant Behaviour and Intelligence (Paperback)
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This book provides a convincing argument for the view that whole
cells and whole plants growing in competitive wild conditions show
aspects of plant behaviour that can be accurately described as
'intelligent'. Trewavas argues that behaviour, like intelligence,
must be assessed within the constraints of the anatomical and
physiological framework of the organism in question. The fact that
plants do not have centralized nervous systems for example, does
not exclude intelligent behaviour. Outside the human dimension,
culture is thought largely absent and fitness is the biological
property of value. Thus, solving environmental problems that
threaten to reduce fitness is another way of viewing intelligent
behaviour and has a similar meaning to adaptively variable
behaviour. The capacity to solve these problems might be considered
to vary in different organisms, but variation does not mean
absence. By extending these ideas into a book that allows a
critical and amplified discussion, the author hopes to raise an
awareness of the concept of purposive behaviour in plants.
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