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vitalism
[ vahyt-l-iz-uhm ]
- the doctrine that phenomena are only partly controlled by mechanical forces, and are in some measure self-determining. Compare dynamism ( def 1 ), mechanism ( def 8 ).
- Biology. a doctrine that ascribes the functions of a living organism to a vital principle distinct from chemical and physical forces.
Derived Forms
- 藢惫颈迟补濒藞颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
- 藞惫颈迟补濒颈蝉迟, nounadjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 惫颈顎僼补濒路颈蝉迟 noun adjective
- 惫颈顎卼补濒路颈蝉顎僼颈肠 adjective
- 惫颈顎卼补濒路颈蝉顎僼颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
Example Sentences
When du Bois-Reymond came to the topic, it was still musty with doctrines of vitalism and mechanism, forces and fluids, irritability and sensibility, and other arcana of biology.
This biocomplexity has often been mistaken for vitalism, the misconception that biological processes are dependent on a force or principle distinct from the laws of physics and chemistry.
This vitalism fit in well with the world view that Goethe had learned from Spinoza, who held that nature is God and God nature.
Darwin鈥檚 theory went into eclipse at the turn of the century, Bernard鈥檚 vitalism died out altogether, but du Bois-Reymond鈥檚 mechanist approach laid the foundation of modern biology.
According to the historic concept of vitalism, all living things possess a sort of 鈥榲ital force鈥 that is beyond scientific detection.
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