Would it help to think of the conclusion to a philosophy essay as being a bit like a door? In that at the same time its function is to (en)close the essay, and to suggest just a little bit about what might be in the next room?

It occurred to me that you, being pretty undogmatic, might not want to seal the edges of a philosophical essay too closely, but being very good at creating structures, might not want a sort of loosely constructed finish. Dunno if that makes sense or is accurate, but there it is.