Keyword: Sympoiesis

In his new book, Rasmus Haukedal argues that simply extending the evolutionary synthesis isn’t enough—we need a truly dialectical biology. Spanning an impressive theoretical range, the book moves from organisational accounts in philosophy of biology to a shift from autopoiesis to sympoiesis, and concludes with an innovative reading of canalisation and plasticity powered by the […]

Introduction In his thesis entitled Agency and Organisation, Rasmus Haukedal highlights the remarkable mutual relevance of recent theoretical trends in biology and the dialectical approach to (living) nature as developed by Hegel, Engels, and others (Haukedal 2022). As Haukedal explains, a dialectical approach to the phenomena of life moves beyond the logic of binary thinking […]