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On plants and principles

Invited commentary on Birch, Ginsburg and Jablonka’s target article Unlimited Associative Learning and the Origins of Consciousness: A Primer and Some Predictions

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  1. University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK

    Adam Linson

  2. MINTLab, Minimal Intelligence Laboratory, University of Murcia, Edif. Luis Vives, Campus de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    Aditya Ponkshe & Paco Calvo

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Linson, A., Ponkshe, A. & Calvo, P. On plants and principles. Biol Philos 36, 19 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-021-09793-3

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