Determinism, omniscience, and the multiplicity of explanations

Complete determinism is, as Karl Popper said, "a daydream of omniscience." Determinism is usually conceived as linked with a particular science whose explanations are deemed fundamental. As Rose rightly points out, biological enquiry includes many different kinds of question. Genetic determinism, ma king genes central to biology, is therefore biased and misguided. The cruci al unit must be the whole organism.