Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Are plants conscious?
Position‹2 of 2

No, plants are not conscious

This position holds that plants are not conscious. Critics argue that sensing and signalling are automatic biochemical responses, that plants lack any nervous system in which experience could arise, and that talk of plant awareness is metaphor mistaken for evidence.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. Plants have no nervous system, so there is nothing in which experience could occur
  2. Sensing and signalling are automatic chemistry, not evidence of awareness