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Biophilosophy, analytic and holistic perspectives

Biophilosophy, analytic and holistic perspectives Acta Biotheoretica 36:121-128 (1987) 121 © Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht - Printed in the Netherlands REVIEWS R.Sattler, Biophi~osoph 9. Ina£ytic and hoZistic perspac- ti~e~.- Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, Springer Verlag, 1986. Abb. XVI, 284 pp., DM 66. ISBN 3-540-16418-9 It is with very great interest that I read Sattlerl s book on 'Biophilosophy'. His non-dogmatic approach is quite refreshing. Compared with most other conventional 'fuzzy' areas of human experience emphasized in the counterculture (such as yoga and meditation) is astounding. He defends this by making a distinction between explanation, limited to the orderly aspects of nature and the formation of conceptual abstractions, and understanding, which can only be achieved through the intuitive mind that has reached complete harmony with nature (p. 57-58). If Sattler has any bias, it is a holistically inclined one, but even here Sattler avoids absolutistic claims by putting forward the holistic approach as one of the possible perspectives on the world. In the Epilogue he writes that any conceptual representation of life and the world is restrictive; life itself is always in- finitely more than can be said or written about it. An illustration of what this implies can be found in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Acta Biotheoretica Springer Journals

Biophilosophy, analytic and holistic perspectives

Acta Biotheoretica , Volume 36 (2) – May 5, 2004
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Acta Biotheoretica 36:121-128 (1987) 121 © Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht - Printed in the Netherlands REVIEWS R.Sattler, Biophi~osoph 9. Ina£ytic and hoZistic perspac- ti~e~.- Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo, Springer Verlag, 1986. Abb. XVI, 284 pp., DM 66. ISBN 3-540-16418-9 It is with very great interest that I read Sattlerl s book on 'Biophilosophy'. His non-dogmatic approach is quite refreshing. Compared with most other conventional 'fuzzy' areas of human experience emphasized in the counterculture (such as yoga and meditation) is astounding. He defends this by making a distinction between explanation, limited to the orderly aspects of nature and the formation of conceptual abstractions, and understanding, which can only be achieved through the intuitive mind that has reached complete harmony with nature (p. 57-58). If Sattler has any bias, it is a holistically inclined one, but even here Sattler avoids absolutistic claims by putting forward the holistic approach as one of the possible perspectives on the world. In the Epilogue he writes that any conceptual representation of life and the world is restrictive; life itself is always in- finitely more than can be said or written about it. An illustration of what this implies can be found in

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