Reply to “Letter to the editor: ‘Systemic cell theory, protoplasmic theory, and their logic of explanation’”

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). He raises concerns regarding ourhistoriographical approach to the notions of “protoplasmictheory” and “cellular systems biology” that feature promi-nently in our treatise. We are a bit perplexed by the contentionthat “readers of the article are left alone to establish their ownconcepts of the theoretical backgrounds of systemic cell andprotoplasmic theory.” Judging from Muller-Strahl’s evocationthat