BiologyRevisioned

BiologyRevisionedpresentsanengaginglookatthechangingstateofbiologyandproposesthatwereconsiderourviewsofscienceandlife.HarmanandSahtourissuggestthatitisanhistoricalaccidentthatphysicscametobethegenerallyacceptedrootdisciplineofscience.If，forexample，biologywereinsteadthefoundation，lifescienceswouldbeanalyzedinacompletedifferentway.Wewouldneedtolookatwholes(organismandecologicalsystems)priortoparts(fundamentalparticles).Thebookexaminesseveraltheoriesof“newbiology”—simplyaddingnewtooltothecurrentdefinitionandamoderatelyholisticoutlook—butfocusesonanevenmoreradicalholisticviewwhichassumesthepossiblepresenceofconsciousnessasanunderlyinglayerofphysicalreality.Theauthorsalsosuggestthatthescientificperspectivesofnon-Westernculturesareinvaluabletoacompleteunderstandingofscience—thatWesternidealsarenocompletewithouttheseviews.