Lee, Jonny and Calvo, Paco (2022) The potential of plant action potentials. [Preprint]
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Abstract
The mechanism underlying action potentials is routinely used to explicate the mechanistic model of explanation in the philosophy of science. However, characterisations of action potentials often fixate on neurons, mentioning plant cells in passing or ignoring them entirely. The plant sciences are also prone to neglecting non-neuronal action potentials and their role in plant biology. This oversight is significant because plant action potentials bear instructive similarities to those generated by neurons. This paper helps correct the imbalance in representations of action potentials by offering an overview of the mechanism for plant action potentials and highlighting their similarity to those in neurons. Furthermore, it affirms the role of plant action potentials in discovering the evolution and function of mechanisms of action potentials more broadly. We stress the potential of plants for producing generalisations about action potentials and the possible role of plants as model organisms.
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| Keywords: | action potential; plant action potential; plant physiology; mechanism; mechanistic explanation; neuron; nervous system; generalisation; model organism | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation |
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| Depositing User: | Dr Jonny Lee | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 13:12 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 13:12 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 21287 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science General Issues > Explanation |
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| Date: | 2022 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21287 |
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