ALL meanings of vitalism
vi·tal·ism
V v - noun vitalism The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. 0
- noun vitalism the philosophical doctrine that the phenomena of life cannot be explained in purely mechanical terms because there is something immaterial which distinguishes living from inanimate matter 0
- noun vitalism the doctrine that the life in living organisms is caused and sustained by a vital force that is distinct from all physical and chemical forces and that life is, in part, self-determining and self-evolving 0