What is Holistic Biology and why does it matter? Arts and Humanities March 14, 2019 UCL Institute of Education · Save 0Recent developments toward a more holistic biology do not eliminate reductionism and determinism, but they do suggest more complex forms of them, Michael Reiss discusses the multiple, interacting influences involved. Publication Image courtesy of interviewee biology deterministic holistic interdependence mechanistic Michael Reiss organismal reductionist systems