Biology as a postmodern science: Universals, historicity, and context

The infusion of biology, like of the other natural sciences, by postmodern ideas is under harsh criticism. The reason behind this position is that the postmodern stance advocates for relativism and subjectivity, which are in sharp contrast with the aspired objectivity in the nature of the scientific method and the universality of the derived conclusions on which the sciences rely. Biology, though, is unique among the natural sciences in the fact that while it relies on the laws of chemistry and physics, when its distinct subject matter emerges, the one that is conceived as biological, it is based on random events that acquire their universality on the grounds of historicity. This offers biology a unique connection with the postmodern stance that instead of being hunted, it should be favored.