anticipation

[John Kineman <***>]

No, not the Carly Simon song...

This is related to a recent discussion off list - what views do those on
the list have regarding the following:

Does the kind of anticipation we see in plants, for example preparing for
winter, extend beyond what traditional mechanistic adaptation via natural
selection can explain? If so, in what way?

Note: In a sense all adaptive behavior is "anticipatory" in the traditional
view, as it is defined in terms of fitness (which extends even to success
of offspring, certainly a future event). So, in what sense would Rosennean
anticipation be different??? What would it add? What would it explain that
traditional theory doesn't?