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The reflection of life: functional entailment and imminence in relational biology, by A. H. Louie

In our days, we can read about a “Rashevsky-Rosen-Louie school of theoretical biology” (Naranjo 2011). For those active in academia, this is a moment of satisfaction. Students attain the rank of their masters. Indeed, A.H. Louie deserves the promotion; his work is acknowledged. A special issue of Axiomathes (volume 21, issue 2, June 2011) was dedicated to his previous book, More Than Life Itself: A Synthetic Continuation in Relational Biology (2009). Prideaux (2011) calls it a “monumental achievement ... laying out the ground work for the theoretical development of relational biology”. Louie is invited to speak at various conferences and to publish. His determination to continue in his teacher’s path, and further develop relational biology, is a matter of record. Without intending to dampen the justified celebration of his work, I shall quote his mentor: “... if I were to disappear, there’s nobody who could appear to do what I do” (Rosen 1997). Why did Rosen not pass the baton to his best student in this interview? We can only speculate. One possible answer: Rosen knew how difficult it would be to continue a line of thinking met with hostility during his lifetime. His position does not align with the dominant view of biology (Rosen 1991, 13):