Published 2021-08-25
Keywords
- plants,
- philosophy,
- metaphysics,
- capitalism,
- thought
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Abstract
This paper reflects on the current interest of philosophy and sciences in general in plants, especially in view of its collective and decentralized character, which, far from guaranteeing any radical change in thought and in the world, may represent a deepening of the inherent displacing character of capitalism. Thus, starting from the complex (ir)relations between plants and philosophy, the text points to the metaphysical dimension that the debate about the supposed “intelligence” of plants involves today, which can be opposed to another model, difficult to be captured by capitalism, that of the plant-thinking, briefly outlined here.
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