{"product_id":"plant-minds-chauncey-maher-9781138739192","title":"Plant Minds: A Philosophical Defense","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe idea that plants have minds can sound improbable, but some widely respected contemporary scientists and philosophers find it plausible. It turns out to be rather tricky to vindicate the presumption that plants do not have minds, for doing so requires getting clear about what plants can do and what exactly a mind is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy connecting the most compelling empirical work on plant behavior with philosophical reflection on the concept of minds, \u003ci\u003ePlant Minds \u003c\/i\u003eaims to help non-experts begin to think clearly about whether plants have minds. Relying on current consensus ideas about minds and plants, Chauncey Maher first presents the best case for thinking that plants do not have minds. Along the way, however, he unearths an idea at the root of that case, the idea that having a mind requires the capacity to represent the world. In the last chapter, he defends a relatively new and insightful theory of mind that rejects that assumption, making room for the possibility that plants do have minds, primarily because they are alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chauncey Maher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138739197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138739192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Chauncey Maher","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087768170751,"sku":"9781138739192","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdab4b8d-a87e-4d28-865c-45427febbeae.jpg?v=1769101291","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/plant-minds-chauncey-maher-9781138739192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}