VITALISM

Vitalism

Vitalism is the doctrine, often advocated in the past but now rejected by mainstream science, 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". Where vitalism explicitly invokes a vital principle, that element is often referred to as the "vital spark", "energy" or "élan vital", which some equate with the soul.

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vitalism

Noun

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


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