@dialectical_sys

A forum in Biology, Ecology, and Cognitive Science

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CFP: Dialectics and the Embodied Mind Special issue of Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences Confirmed contributors: Ezequiel Di Paolo, Shaun Gallagher, Laura Mojica, Kate Nave, Glenda Satne, Dave Ward dialecticalsystems.eu/events…
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A collaboration between Dialectical Systems and Brain Inspired Andrea Gambarotto speaks to Paul Middlebrooks on the relation between life and mind, and the role dialectics can play in making sense of that relation dialecticalsystems.eu/contri…

Cognition Requires Agency - Dialectical Systems

A collaboration between Dialetical Systems and Brain Inspired: Andrea Gambarotto speaks to Paul Middlebrooks on the relaton between life and mind, and the role dialectics can play in making sense of...

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🆕 New paper by William Bechtel & Leonardo Bich Physiological control is not a top-down hierarchy, but heterarchical architecture in which multiple control mechanisms act on the same production mechanisms dialecticalsystems.eu/public…...
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IAS Research@IAS_ResearchMay 14
🔔 IAS Seminar | Upcoming Session 📅 Friday, May 15th · 13:00h 📍 Room 5, Centro Carlos Santamaría Laura Mojica & Ezequiel Di Paolo (UPV/EHU + Ikerbasque) will present: 🧠 Sensorimotor Incorporation: An Operational Definition Everyone welcome! #CognitiveScience #Philosophy
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Off year ISH workshop: "Synthesizing Autonomy and New Mechanism in the Philosophy of Biology" dialecticalsystems.eu/events…
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it's happening - my book *Romantic Empiricism* will be out in German in June! Watch out for "Romantischer Empirismus" from Königshausen & Neumann. I'll update with more information as it comes
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The dialectical underpinnings of multilevel selection Evolution isn’t flat: new levels arise through conflict and then reshape the very dynamics that brought them into being dialecticalsystems.eu/contri…
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CFP: Dialectics and Life (Marxism & Sciences, Issue 10) Main topics: organism–environment coupling, critical 4E cognition, social metabolism, dialectical approaches to modeling. Abstracts due 1 June 2026 👉 dialecticalsystems.eu/events…
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IAS Research@IAS_ResearchFeb 18
📣 Next IAS Seminar | Fri, 20 Feb 2026 🎙️ Marius Werz (IAS Research, UPV/EHU) will present his recent publication: “From function to freedom: enactivism between being and becoming” (Phenom Cogn Sci, 2026). doi.org/10.1007/s11097-025-1… #IASSeminar #Enactivism

From function to freedom: enactivism between being and becoming

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences - Enactivism is undergoing a metaphysical shift. In pursuit of a more open-ended account of organismic becoming, several theorists have turned to the...

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Biological Theory@BiolTheory17 Dec 2025
With the end of this year, Stuart Newman will step down from his role as Editor-in-Chief. We sincerely thank Stuart for his outstanding 10 years of service and dedication to Biological Theory! Read Stuart's Farewell Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10…
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Extending the evolutionary synthesis isn’t enough Rasmus Haukedal's new book calls for a dialectical biology: from autopoiesis to sympoiesis, from efficient causes to enablement, and an innovative take on plasticity, canalisation & habit. dialecticalsystems.eu/public…
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Biological Theory@BiolTheory21 Nov 2025
➡️New article out⬅️ Open-Ended Control Versus Closed-Ended Control: Limits of Mechanistic Explanation by Jason Winning Free reading link:rdcu.be/eQ6ym
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Enaction meets dialectics New paper out on how sensorimotor agency scales up to social normativity link.springer.com/article/10…

Enactivizing dialectics: from individual to social normativity and back

Topoi - This paper examines the relation between embodiment and sociality within the enactive approach, highlighting the continuity between biological autonomy and social normativity. The central...

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Materiality isn’t a backdrop to cognition, but one of its central conditions The upcoming workshop “Habits, Tools, and Material Environments” examines how cognition is socially distributed, ecologically embedded, and enacted through material engagement dialecticalsystems.eu/events…
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40 years after The Dialectical Biologist, Richard Lewontin’s legacy still challenges how we think about life A new report revisits his intertwining of philosophy, biology, and Marxism—and how organisms are subjects of their own evolution dialecticalsystems.eu/contri…
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IAS Research@IAS_Research7 Nov 2025
We’re excited to announce that the Outonomy book —resulting from one of IAS Research’s major projects— is now out! 🎉 It features contributions from many of our members and is Open Access, available in full or by chapters: 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.10…

Outonomy: Fleshing out the Concept of Autonomy Beyond the Individual

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Very nice upcoming workshop at the Center for Philosophical Psychology (University of Antwerp) on how radical embodiment unfolds in complex, “wild” real-world environments. dialecticalsystems.eu/events…
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Marx as a philosophical biologist? Chris Shambaugh on young Marx's account of organismal agency, its relation to human life to the critique of capitalism. dialecticalsystems.eu/public…...
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New paper out in @BiolTheory @Leo_Bich and Laura Menatti argue that health is not about balance or stability, but about adapting and transforming in response to changing circumstances — the capacity for adaptive change. link.springer.com/journal/13…
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Biological Theory@BiolTheory16 Oct 2025
➡️New article out⬅️ The Bechtel Approach to the Scope and Limits of Mechanistic Explanation by Daniel C. Burnston Free reading link: rdcu.be/eLgQT
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