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in discussions about the philosophical aspects of their work, because by doing
so we may come closer to an understanding (and perhaps a theory) of living
systems. We are convinced that it will be necessary to view living systems from
different perspectives in comparison to the perspectives physicists use to study
complex systems in chemistry and physics; many of the reasons for this claim
have been discussed in this topic. One way to discusss those perspectives, their
consequences, and relationships with evolutionary, molecular, and developmen-
tal biology is to engage in the philosophy of systems biology. We hope that
many of you will do so. Systems biology is here to stay. Its aim is to offer
an understanding of how molecular systems can be alive, which is the ultimate
aim of biology. This is the challenge that systems biology and its philosophy is
facing and currently taking up. We hope that this topic has contributed to the
development of systems biology.
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