1. Before the endless stream of Dick Vitalisms and Vince Carter-inspired 2. His philosophy was compared by critics to a form of vitalism . 3. Gorski described Cousens works as promoting vitalism and other discredited principles. 4. From a philosophical point of view he was close to vitalism . 5. Michael Ruse has criticized ontological reductionism as an improper argument against vitalism . 6. It manifests M�ller s interests in vitalism , philosophy and scientific rigor. 7. Compared with bioenergetic medicines, biofield therapies have a stronger identity with vitalism . 8. Vitalism has sometimes been criticized as begging the question by inventing a name.9. The guiding philosophy of Life University is vitalism , a discredited scientific hypothesis. 10. Evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr described his views on evolution as a form of vitalism .