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No scientist believes that biological processes are directly reducible to chemical or physical processes, so the main claim and the way the whole article frames vitalism is unacademic - to say the least. Furthermore, there are no references to the current debate and conspicuously absent are contributions from the fields of biosemiotics or any reference to von Uexküll or Rose. In short, the article is not informative and does not meet Wikipedia standards. 86.6.148.125 (talk) 10:39, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for pointing thosse things out. Since you seem quite knowledgeable about vitalism why not try to fix some of these things yourself? Thank you. The Blue Rider 11:14, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
IP, please read the information related to pseudo-scientific articles at the top of this page as well as WP:FRINGE. Do you have a source for your statement "No scientist believes that biological processes are directly reducible to chemical or physical processes"? Because it looks to me that the exact opposite is actually true. In any event, since you have not provided a single source to justify the NPOV tag on the article, I will remove it. In the future, please propose specific changes and always provide sources to back them up. --McSly (talk) 14:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are there any good sources for non-European vitalism? This page is written primarily from an eurocentric perspective. Might be a good idea to expand. Euglenos sandara (talk) 00:41, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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