Vitalogy differs from natural sciences as a science of lived life

Evidence

The natural sciences (biology, chemistry, etc.) must be distinguished from vitalogy as a science of life lived and as a science of thought. While the natural sciences are developed in laboratories, vitalogy is developed in an academic surrounding. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 234

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines vitalogy against the natural sciences, with its apparent claim that it develops in an academic rather than laboratory setting.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 234
• XREF: connects to: In African Vitalogy life and death are different modes of living; In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason.; African Vitalogy is African thinking analogous to but distinct from Western philosophy (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Conceptualization inevitably imposes form on formless life #expands (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 1018
• Social knowledge alters its subject, unlike natural-science observation #expands (0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 116
• The concept of life frames the fundamental decisions of modern existence #expands (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 845
• In Vitalogy, being reduces first to living, and being itself reduces first to reason. #expands (0.60)
• Natural thinkers accept reality without doubt, seeking fullness of lived life #corroborates (0.55)
• African Vitalogy is African thinking analogous to but distinct from Western philosophy #expands (0.50)