The reflection of life : functional entailment and imminence in relational biology A. H. Louies The Reflection of Life: Functional Entailment and Imminence in Relational Biology is a continuation of the exploratory journey in relational biology which began with his 2009 monograph More Than Life Itself: A Synthetic Continuation in Relational Biology. The theme of his first book was What is life; the theme of this sequel is How do two life forms interact Biology is a subject concerned with organization of relations. Relational biology is the approach that advocates function dictates structure rather than structure implies function