Mechanist–Vitalist controversy

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	scientific controversy
gptkbp:field	history of science philosophy of biology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Mechanist–Vitalist controversy
gptkbp:influenced	philosophy of mind systems biology modern biology
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Enlightenment gptkb:Romanticism gptkb:Scientific_Revolution
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Europe gptkb:France gptkb:Germany gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Wöhler_synthesis discovery of enzymes rise of biochemistry
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Georges_Cuvier gptkb:Hermann_Lotze gptkb:René_Descartes gptkb:Claude_Bernard gptkb:Justus_von_Liebig gptkb:Julien_Offray_de_La_Mettrie gptkb:Friedrich_Wöhler gptkb:Hans_Driesch gptkb:Carl_Ludwig gptkb:Marie_François_Xavier_Bichat Johannes Reinke
gptkbp:notablePublication	Driesch's 'The Science and Philosophy of the Organism' Descartes' 'Treatise of Man' La Mettrie's 'Man a Machine' Liebig's 'Animal Chemistry' Bernard's 'Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine' Bichat's 'Physiological Researches on Life and Death'
gptkbp:period	18th century 19th century early 20th century
gptkbp:relatedConcept	materialism mythology organic chemistry emergence reductionism teleology holism
gptkbp:result	decline of vitalism rise of mechanistic biology
gptkbp:topic	gptkb:mechanism_(philosophy) vitalism
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mechanist_controversy
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7