The theory of vitalism has been rejected by present-day scientists. describe vitalism. describe what scientists now think about the basic of life and why they rejected the theory of vitalism. the only thing i have down is this: "vitalism is a theory that states living things have a certain property that nonliving things do not." that's all. i don't know about the rest of the question, and i'm not even sure if what i have down is  can anyone ?

Vitalism is the belief that living organisms contain force called “the vital energy” ("élan vital") that differs them from non-living things. Sometimes that vital energy is described as soul. The idea of vitalism was popular among the biologist in the 18th and 19th century and they considered that life could not be reduced to a mechanistic (physics) process. With the discovery of genetics and molecular biology dogma, the vitalism “died”. Even though, it is still present in alternative medicine and religion which consider humans as both “mind” and “body”.