Science Rejects Vitalism - Avila, V.L. ISBN 0867209429 1995:

youtube.com — A video slideshow {0000-02.30 min.}, & I quote: "vitalism, the philosophy that a vital life force is responsible for life, is not testable [...while] the philosophy of mechanism, which states that life is a natural phenomenon subject to natural laws, is testable, & serves as the philosophical perspective for the study of life [p.023]." Jan 13, 2008 View in Crawl 4