Venue: De Latijnse School, Stevenskerkhof, Nijmegen
This programme is Dutch spoken.
Read Planta Sapiens by philosopher Paco Calvo and join philosopher Cees Leijenhorst and moderator Noortje Schonck in a discussion about whether plants are intelligent beings.
What is it like to be a plant?
Can plants exhibit intelligent behavior, even though they don't have brains? Can plants feel pain? And do they perhaps even have a form of consciousness? In his book Planta Sapiens, Italian philosopher Paco Calvo investigated how plant cells can send and receive electrical signals. Read the book and join philosophers Cees Leijenhorst and Noortje Schonck in a discussion about how this could radically change our view of plants.
This programme is in Dutch. Please visit the Dutch page.
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