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This talk will provide central insights from my work on the philosophical implications of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Chiu 2022). First\, I will outline the history of modern evolutionary thinking\, and how the current shift incorporates views that were previously marginalised. Building on this\, I describe the dialectical background of organicism and its modern-day iteration: the organisational approach\, which emphasises the organisational closure and energetic openness of organisms\, allowing them to self-determine (Monté\;vil and Longo 2015). I claim that this perspective aligns with &ndash\; and can contribute to &ndash\; the current extension. Further\, I argue that the emphasis on unpredictability within the organisational view resonates with Hegel&rsquo\;s idea that nature is inherently contingent (Hegel 2010). This so-called impotence of nature imposes restrictions on philosophy and science\, thereby challenging the notion that Hegel believed one could logically deduce the instances of nature. Based on this\, I outline the dialectical naturalism proposed in these perspectives and how it opens the door to a new relationship between natural science and the humanities. In summary\, I argue that current shifts in thinking indicate a new kind of science &ndash\; built around the ecological and historical view of nature &ndash\; towards unification without subsumption or eradication of differences.

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