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This chapter examines conceptualizations of the environment in biology and addresses the different organism/environment asymmetries appearing in autonomy views and evolutionary theories. It argues for recognizing the environment not merely as an external background, but also as co-constitutive and relational, insofar as life is shaped by epigenetic, exposomic, and interorganismal dynamics. Two perspectives emerge, environments as surroundings and as entanglements, both required for developing an “outonomy” framework that expands biological autonomy theory to include environmental agency and interdependence.

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Environment(s), Autonomy and (A)Symmetries

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    2026年

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  • Arantza Etxeberria

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This chapter examines conceptualizations of the environment in biology and addresses the different organism/environment asymmetries appearing in autonomy views and evolutionary theories. It argues for recognizing the environment not merely as an external background, but also as co-constitutive and relational, insofar as life is shaped by epigenetic, exposomic, and interorganismal dynamics. Two perspectives emerge, environments as surroundings and as entanglements, both required for developing an “outonomy” framework that expands biological autonomy theory to include environmental agency and interdependence.