a b c Keating, Joseph C. (2002), "The Meanings of Innate", The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 46 (1): 4–10, PMC 2505097 Vitalism has many faces and has sprung up in many areas of scientific inquiry. Psychologist B.F. Skinner, for example, pointed out the irrationality of attributing behavior to mental states and traits. Such 'mental way stations,' he argued, amount to excess theoretical baggage which fails to advance cause-and-effect explanations by substituting an unfathomable psychology of 'mind'." [36]

Vitalism is that rejected tradition in biology which proposes that life is sustained and explained by an unmeasurable, intelligent force or energy. The supposed effects of vitalism are the manifestations of life itself, which in turn are the basis for inferring the concept in the first place. This circular reasoning offers pseudo-explanation, and may deceive us into believing we have explained some aspect of biology when in fact we have only labeled our ignorance. 'Explaining an unknown (life) with an unknowable (Innate),' suggests chiropractor Joseph Donahue, 'is absurd'." [36]a b Mayr, Ernst (2010). "The Decline of Vitalism". In Bedau, Mark A.; Cleland, Carol E. (eds.). The Nature of Life: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives from Philosophy and Science. Cambridge University Press. pp.93–95. ISBN 9781139488655. Yet considering how dominant vitalism was in biology and for how long a period it prevailed, it is surprising how rapidly and completely it collapsed. The last support of vitalism as a viable concept in biology disappeared about 1930." (p.94) From p.95: "Vitalism survived even longer in the writings of philosophers than it did in the writings of physicists. But so far as I know, there are no vitalists among the philosophers of biology who started publishing after 1965. Nor do I know of a single reputable living biologist who still supports straightforward vitalism. The few late twentieth-century biologists with vitalist leanings (A. Hardy, S. Wright, A. Portmann) are no longer alive. Mayr E (2002) The Walter Arndt Lecture: The Autonomy of Biology, adapted for the internet, on "BOTANY ONLINE: Ernst MAYR: Walter Arndt Lecture: The Autonomy of Biology". Archived from the original on 2006-09-26 . Retrieved 2006-09-24. Williams, Elizabeth Ann (2003). A Cultural History of Medical Vitalism in Enlightenment Montpellier. Ashgate. p.4. ISBN 978-0-7546-0881-3.

Before they are summoned, Vorago will charge and unleash an orb towards either the north, northeast, or east if he stands in the centre of the room. At least five players must cover the orb's spot to prevent any vitali from spawning. Each player who was on the orb will take 2000 damage (this can be reduced with the arcane, elysian, divine spirit shields or abilities). The damage will be fully negated if the player uses Resonance. Inagaki, K.; Hatano, G. (2004). " 'Vitalistic causality in young children's naive biology.' ". Trends Cogn Sci. 8 (8): 356–62. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.06.004. PMID 15335462. S2CID 29256474.

Contemporary science and engineering sometimes describe emergent processes, in which the properties of a system cannot be fully described in terms of the properties of the constituents. [24] [25] This may be because the properties of the constituents are not fully understood, or because the interactions between the individual constituents are important for the behavior of the system. Kinne-Saffran, E.; Kinne, R. K. H. (August 7, 1999). "Vitalism and Synthesis of Urea". American Journal of Nephrology. 19 (2): 290–294. doi: 10.1159/000013463. PMID 10213830. S2CID 71727190– via www.karger.com.

Stefanatos, J. 1997, Introduction to Bioenergetic Medicine, Shoen, A.M. and S.G. Wynn, Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine: Principles and Practices, Mosby-Yearbook, Chicago. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was influential in establishing epigenesis in the life sciences in 1781 with his publication of Über den Bildungstrieb und das Zeugungsgeschäfte. Blumenbach cut up freshwater Hydra and established that the removed parts would regenerate. He inferred the presence of a "formative drive" ( Bildungstrieb) in living matter. But he pointed out that this name,According to Williams, "[t]oday, vitalism is one of the ideas that form the basis for many pseudoscientific health systems that claim that illnesses are caused by a disturbance or imbalance of the body's vital force." [37] "Vitalists claim to be scientific, but in fact they reject the scientific method with its basic postulates of cause and effect and of provability. They often regard subjective experience to be more valid than objective material reality." [37] A popular vitalist theory of the 18th century was " animal magnetism", in the theories of Franz Mesmer (1734–1815). However, the use of the (conventional) English term animal magnetism to translate Mesmer's magnétisme animal can be misleading for three reasons: Discus.Vitalis understand the important deity requirements that discus need and have created a food with that in mind in the form of a 1.5mm slow sinking soft pellet. a b Sebastian Normandin; Charles T. Wolfe (2013). Introduction. Springer. p.104. ISBN 978-94-007-2445-7. In medicine and biology, vitalism has been seen as a philosophically-charged term, a pseudoscientific gloss that corrupted scientific practice … {{ cite book}}: |work= ignored ( help)

Mesmer chose the word " animal," for its root meaning (from Latin animus="breath") specifically to identify his force as a quality that belonged to all creatures with breath; viz., the animate beings: humans and animals. Hans Driesch (1867–1941) interpreted his experiments as showing that life is not run by physicochemical laws. [5] His main argument was that when one cuts up an embryo after its first division or two, each part grows into a complete adult. Driesch's reputation as an experimental biologist deteriorated as a result of his vitalistic theories, which scientists have seen since his time as pseudoscience. [5] [6] Vitalism is a superseded scientific hypothesis, and the term is sometimes used as a pejorative epithet. [18] Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) wrote: a b Bowler, Peter J. Reconciling science and religion: the debate in early-twentieth-century Britain, 2001, pp. 168–169 Vitalism has become so disreputable a belief in the last fifty years that no biologist alive today would want to be classified as a vitalist. Still, the remnants of vitalist thinking can be found in the work of Alistair Hardy, Sewall Wright, and Charles Birch, who seem to believe in some sort of nonmaterial principle in organisms. [20]Mihi a docto doctore / Demandatur causam et rationem quare / Opium facit dormire. / A quoi respondeo, / Quia est in eo / Vertus dormitiva, / Cujus est natura / Sensus assoupire. Le Malade imaginaire, (French Wikisource) Further information: Alternatives to Darwinism The synthesis of urea in the early 19th century from inorganic compounds was counterevidence for the vitalist hypothesis that only organisms could make the components of living things.