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Biogeocentrism

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According to Chela-Flores (2001, 2009), this term refers to the way we understand life in the universe from the only reference we have, that is, life on Earth. In this notion, biogeocentrism is shown as the current model that prevails as long as we do not have, as yet, a confirmation of other forms of life in the universe. The way we understand life on Earth represents a conditioning factor to be able to detect it in other worlds. One of the challenges we face is, what would happen if, because we are conditioned to what we understand by life and how it behaves on Earth, we are overlooking different forms of extraterrestrial life?

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  1. Programa de Estudios Generales, Universidad de Lima, Lima, Perú

    Octavio A. Chon-Torres

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  1. Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Pessac CX, France

    Dr. Muriel Gargaud

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

    Prof. Dr. William M. Irvine

  3. Centro Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain

    Prof. Dr. Ricardo Amils

  4. Analytical-, Environm., Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, VUB, Brussels, Belgium

    Prof. Philippe Claeys

  5. Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, WASHINGTON, DC, USA

    Prof. Henderson James Cleaves

  6. Radio Astronomy, Paris Observatory, Paris, France

    Prof. Dr. Maryvonne Gerin

  7. Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France

    Dr. Daniel Rouan

  8. International Space Science Institute, Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Prof. Dr. Tilman Spohn

  9. Centre Francois Viète, Universite de Nantes, Nantes, France

    Prof. Dr. Stéphane Tirard

  10. Innovaxiom, Paris CX, France

    Dr. Michel Viso

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Chon-Torres, O.A. (2022). Biogeocentrism. In: Gargaud, M., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_5614-1

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