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THE UNFOLDING

Exploring New Frontiers in Life, Evolution, Consciousness, and Complexity

The Unfolding is EVOLUTIO’s independent magazine dedicated to exploring bold new perspectives on life, evolution, consciousness, and complexity. Bridging science, philosophy, and meaning, it challenges mechanistic thinking and opens space for purposeful, integrative, and transformative inquiry. Through in-depth essays, it invites curious minds, independent thinkers, and seekers alike to rediscover the deep patterns of emergence and unfolding that shape reality. More than a publication, The Unfolding is a call to rethink how we understand life itself—and our place within it.

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What Is Life? Rethinking Biology Through Aristotle, Driesch and Ostachuk

What Is Life? Rethinking Biology Through Aristotle, Driesch and OstachukCan life be reduced to chemistry? Or is it something more—something purposeful, holistic, and irreducible?This short essay is based on one of my YouTube videos — a 3-minute philosophical reflection on the nature of life. It challenges the dominant reductionist view…