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Noun Concept

Categories: Pseudoscience, All articles lacking reliable references, History of biology, Obsolete scientific theories, archived copy as title

vitalism Vitalism Theory energy formative force History of vitalism

(philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry WordNet 3.0

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(philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Vitalism is a belief that starts from the premise that "living organisms are fundamentally different from non-living entities because they contain some non-physical element or are governed by different principles than are inanimate things." Wikipedia

The doctrine that life cannot be explained solely by mechanism Wikipedia Disambiguation

A biological theory and natural philosophy Wikipedia Disambiguation

Discredited scientific hypothesis Wikidata

The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. Wiktionary

Doctrine that life involves a "vital force". Wiktionary (translation)

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philosophical doctrine

Superseded theories in science

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philosophy