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On the Vitality of Vitalism [PDF]
Theory, Culture and Society, 2005 The term ‘vitalism’ is most readily associated with a series of debates among 18th- and 19th-century biologists, and broadly with the claim that the explanation of living phenomena is not compatible with, or is not exhausted by, the principles of basic sciences like physics and chemistry. Scientists and philosophers have continued to address vitalism -
Mónica Greco
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Biosemiotics, 2016 This paper addresses the remarkable longevity (in spite of numerous ‘refutations’) of the idea of vitalism in the biological sciences and beyond. If there is to be a renewed vitalism today, however, we need to ask – on what kind of original conception of
T. Osborne
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Re-energising the role of vitalism theory in child development, nature orientation and research [PDF]
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2018 This article discusses the merits of vitalism theory in practice. It suggests a more creative and ecological approach to vitalism theory in the field of child health and development as a way of unlocking childhood potential and research innovation.
Donna Carlyle
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Duelling Ontologies: Might Vitalism Offer Balance and Value? [PDF]
Explore: the Journal of Science and Healing, 2017 This article is part of a project investigating chiropractors\u27 beliefs on the role of vitalism in their philosophical and practice approaches and how that might contribute to addressing current epidemics of non-communicable diseases.
Dennis Richards +2 more
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A non-metaphysical evaluation of vitalism in the early twentieth century [PDF]
History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 2018 In biology the term "vitalism" is usually associated with Hans Driesch's doctrine of the entelechy: entelechies were nonmaterial, bio-specific agents responsible for governing a few peculiar biological phenomena.
Bohang Chen, Chen Bohang
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Ontology or Theology? François Jullien and Chinese Vitalism
Theory, Culture & Society, 2022François Jullien intervenes into the ontology debates to understand Chinese thought as an anti-ontology, but instead in terms of ‘life’, that is as a sort of vitalism. Chinese anti-ontology features the juxtaposition of the wu (there-is-not) with the you
S. Lash
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Disentangling the Vitalism–Emergentism Knot [PDF]
Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 2017 Starting with the observation that there exist contradictory claims in the literature about the relationship between vitalism and emergentism – be it one of inclusion or, on the contrary, exclusion –, this paper aims at disentangling the vitalism ...
Olivier Sartenaer
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