From a philosophical point of view he was close to vitalism.

This being very much inline with the vitalism of his day.

Driesch's theory was always present in my mind when I thought about vitalism.

Nobody except a few cranks still takes this kind of vitalism seriously.

The gods breathed 'vitalism' into living creatures, thereby giving them the quality of life.

Social liberals warn against vitalism, the elevation of physical existence over other values.

According to the concept of vitalism, organic matter was endowed with a "vital force".

Cell theory was in contrast to the vitalism theories proposed before the discovery of cells.

They may also claim to feel where energy is blocked or streaming, consistent with the belief in vitalism.

The reason for this is historical, as at the time enantioselective synthesis was seen in terms of vitalism.

By 1931, "Biologists have almost unanimously abandoned vitalism as an acknowledged belief."

On the other hand, the school of thought called vitalism said that there was something different in life than in non-life.

They are immediate in their effect, and in the final analysis contribute to the vitalism of a public space."

Many scientists continued to think that living organisms must be constituted of special materials subject to special forces, a view which became known as vitalism.

Mainstream biologists reject vitalism on the grounds that it opposes the scientific method.

Avoiding the then prevalent discussions on vitalism, he devoted himself to a positive study of the problems of natural science.

The essay, in which Nietzschean influences can be seen, is an assertion of vitalism and primitive life force.

However, contemporary accounts do not support the common belief that vitalism died when Wöhler made urea.

For many centuries, Western alchemists believed in vitalism.

It manifests Müller's interests in vitalism, philosophy and scientific rigor.

He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an explanation for chemical processes.

Vitalism - See section on biology.

Chiropractic's early philosophy was rooted in vitalism, spiritual inspiration and rationalism.

Still, few of us could prove that, or even give the vaguest explanation of what has persuaded the experts against vitalism.

Scientists had long ago discredited the tenets of vitalism: that humans possessed souls apart from physical matter.