Tag: plant consciousness

June 19, 2013

Michael Marder and Monica Gagliano: How Do Plants Sound?

Michael Marder and Monica Gagliano discuss new research that shows that plants may make sounds independently of dehydration and cavitation-related processes.

March 8, 2013

Michael Marder: The Philosopher's Plant

Read a quick summary of Michael Marder’s fascinating blog series “The Philosopher’s Plant” at Project Syndicate.

March 7, 2013

Michael Marder: Philosophy and Botany’s Copernican Revolution

Michael Marder, author of Plant-Thinking, discusses the ongoing Copernican revolution in philosophy and botany.

March 6, 2013

Michael Marder and Gary Francione debate plant ethics

Read an excerpt from a debate between Michael Marder, author of Plant-Thinking, and Gary Francione on plant ethics.

March 5, 2013

Michael Marder: To Encounter the Plants…

Read an excerpt from the introduction to Michael Marder’s Plant-Thinking.

June 26, 2012

Michael Marder: Do plants have their own form of consciousness?

Michael Marder addresses the controversy stirred up by his recent NYTimes articles and addresses how new advances in botany should impact our ethical thinking.