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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:philosophy
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Mechanist–Vitalist_controversy
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gptkbp:centralQuestion
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Can life be fully explained by physical and chemical processes?
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gptkbp:field
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gptkb:philosophy_of_science
biology
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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development of cell theory
advances in physiology
rise of experimental biology
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Europe
gptkb:Germany
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gptkbp:mechanistPosition
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Life is reducible to physical and chemical laws.
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gptkbp:notableParticipant
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gptkb:Jacques_Loeb
gptkb:Hans_Driesch
gptkb:Wilhelm_Roux
gptkb:Emil_du_Bois-Reymond
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gptkbp:period
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early 20th century
late 19th century
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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philosophy of mind
reductionism
emergentism
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gptkbp:result
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decline of vitalism in mainstream science
rise of mechanistic explanations in biology
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gptkbp:topic
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gptkb:mechanism
vitalism
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gptkbp:vitalistPosition
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Life requires non-physical vital forces.
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Soviet_philosophy
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Mechanist controversy
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