Plants Neither Possess nor Require Consciousness
Lincoln Taiz, Daniel Alkon, et al. · 2019 · Trends in Plant Science, 24(8), 677-687
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Summary
Review arguing that plants lack the anatomical and functional prerequisites for consciousness and do not need consciousness to explain their adaptive behavior.
How this source is used on the map
Primary skeptical anchor for the plant-consciousness page.
Citation record
- Authors
- Lincoln Taiz, Daniel Alkon, et al.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Trends in Plant Science, 24(8), 677-687
- Source type
- Review
- Map role
- challenges
- Credibility level
- primary
- Citation status
- Verified
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tplants.2019.05.008
- PubMed
- Recorded
- Not recorded
Editorial note
Full author list intentionally trimmed for readability.
Linked claims
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Related sources
Keeps the plant-consciousness page from confusing complex plant signaling with evidence of felt experience.
Use this as the philosophical background for solipsism and for disputed minds in non-human or artificial systems. It is context, not direct evidence that any specific entity is conscious.
Important for distinguishing plant intelligence from plant consciousness: the former is a live conceptual debate, the latter remains much more speculative.
Useful pro-plant-cognition context, but it addresses signaling and adaptive behavior rather than subjective experience.
Use this for context around plant intelligence claims. It supports plant responsiveness and signaling, not the stronger claim that plants have subjective experience or pain.