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Molecular biology vs. organicism: The enduring dispute between mechanism and vitalism
Synthese 20 (2):238 - 253 (1969)
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A non-metaphysical evaluation of vitalism in the early twentieth century.Bohang Chen - 2018 - History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 40 (3):50.
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Origin of Life.A. I. Oparin & S. Morgulis - 1956 - British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 6 (24):341-343.
Mechanism and Vitalism as Meta-theoretical Commitments.Hilde Hein - 1968 - Philosophical Forum 1 (2):185.
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