An Evolutionary Story of Agency

This open access book exposes the role of "agency" in the history of life. Agency is understood as the capacity of an organism to act, make decisions, and exercise control over its actions in order to achieve goals or to navigate and interact with its environment. The question of agency has become a...

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Main Authors:	Moreno, Álvaro, Peretó, Juli
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Springer Nature 2025
Subjects:	Evolution of agency living beings as agents adaptive agency minimal agency and the origin of life Bacterial motility and chemotaxis biological function Biological purpose and teleonomy Teleonomy Niche construction Open Access thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSA Life sciences: general issues::PSAJ Evolution thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PSC Developmental biology thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
Online Access:	ONIX_20251020T130859_9783032056443_7
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