Borges Dilemma, Fundamental Laws, and Systems Biology
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TL;DR
This paper argues that systems biology can overcome the Borges Dilemma by establishing general laws in biology, challenging the common belief that biology lacks universal laws due to exceptions.
Contribution
It proposes that quantitative systems biology has the potential to resolve the Borges Dilemma, providing a new perspective on the existence of general laws in biology.
Findings
Indications that systems biology can transcend the Borges Dilemma
Challenges the belief that biology cannot have general laws due to exceptions
Suggests a shift towards quantitative approaches in biology
Abstract
I reason here that the known folk law in biology that there is no general law in biology because of exceptions is false. The (quantitative) systems biology offers the potential to solve the Borges Dilemma, by transcending it. There have already a plenty of indications on this trend.
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Taxonomy
TopicsOrigins and Evolution of Life · Gene Regulatory Network Analysis · Philosophy and History of Science