Evoluism as a Philosophy of Post-Totalising World-Understanding

Evoluism does not give the final picture of the world. It frees thought from the need for one. This article presents Evoluism as a philosophy of post-totalising world-understanding. Contemporary thought often claims to have moved beyond metaphysics, yet the dream of a final worldview persists under new names — Theory of Everything, total ontology, computational universe, technological destiny, and total ideology. At the root of this dream lies the asymmetry between Reality and World: a world is a regime in which distinctions acquire force, while Reality is the limit that prevents any world from becoming the whole. From this asymmetry follows the structural impossibility of strong universal theory. Every theory requires distinctions; distinctions require conditions of applicability; and conditions imply a regime in which they retain force. Universalisation therefore operates as limitation: a theory can appear to encompass “everything” only by narrowing what counts as real, thinkable, or meaningful to what its own distinctions can retain. Evoluism offers no new final worldview. Instead, it transforms the very form of world-understanding — from the desire to possess a complete picture of Reality to disciplined, non-totalising orientation before it. Through its three-register architecture — scientific, philosophical, and metaphysical-meaning — it coordinates different modes of articulation without allowing any one of them to claim final authority. It preserves truth, scientific rigour, philosophical clarity, meaningful depth, and openness to the ultimate, including the Absolute, while refusing to let any register become a totalising possession of Reality.