Thermostats and photoreceptive cells in plants respond differentially to environmental forms in ways functionally analogous to animal perception, per Dretske's informational theory of perception.

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Environmental forms(as the stimuli that thermostats and plants detect): The different physical features or conditions in the world around something, like temperature, light, humidity, or sound.
Fred Dretske(as a key figure in epistemology and philosophy of information): An American philosopher (1932–2013) who specialized in how we gain knowledge and how information works in the world, particularly focusing on what makes something genuinely informative.
Functionally analogous(as comparing how thermostats and perception work): Working in a similar way or serving the same purpose, even if the things doing it are completely different. Like how both a car and a horse can transport you—different systems, same function.
Informational theory of perception(as the theory being applied to non-animal systems): A philosophical idea that perception is basically your brain receiving and using information from your environment, similar to how a thermometer receives temperature information.

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