Science & Scientist 2025 | Considering a Hegelian Dialectical Approach to the Science and Philosophy of Biology

December 13, 2025

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Bhakti Vedanta Institute of Spiritual Culture and Science

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Online, Saturday, December 13, 2025
6:30 am - 1:30 pm | ET USA
12:30 - 7:30 pm | Switzerland/Madrid
5:00 pm - 12:00 am | India


 REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/BVISCS-SS2025reg
 WEBPAGE: https://bviscs.org/ss2025/
 PROGRAM: https://bviscs.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/SS25-program-updated.pdf  

ANNOUNCEMENT:  We are happy to announce this year's conference, Science & Scientist 2025 | Considering a Hegelian Dialectical Approach to the Science and Philosophy of Biology. This conference aims to contribute to the application of a dialectical approach to the science and philosophy of biology by facilitating an opportunity for scientists and academics to share their work on dialectical perspectives in general, and particularly exploring the Hegelian dialectic. The conference is free to attend, but we humbly ask that you kindly consider donating $6.00 via PayPal  to our nonprofit, which helps pay for one of the 150 free sanctified vegetarian meals that we distribute every month.

TALKS:

  • Johannes Wirz (Switzerland) - Towards a new biology of life: On the loss and the rediscovery of plant and animal wholes
  • Krishna Keshava Das (ET USA) - The Dialectics of Niche Construction and Biomimicry
  • Niraj Kumar (India) - An unending tryst for absolute Knowledge
  • David Angeler (Madrid) & Julie Maybee (ET USA) - Dialectical ecosystems: reconciling opposites in the science and philosophy of life
  • Darrell Arnold (ET USA) - From Hegelian Organicism to Boulding’s Ecosystems Theory. Biological Holism and Social Theory 

Interdisciplinary Dialogue among the speakers

  • (30 min) – Question 1: Limits of dialectical knowing
  • (30 min) – Question 2: Dialectics under constraint 
  • (30 min) – Audience Q&A  / Free discussion amongst speakers

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December 13, 2025, 1:30pm UTC

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