mechanistic view of reality that renders the notion of "life" meaningless. Correct. All notions are tools constructed by and for human minds for their own purp

mechanistic view of reality that renders the notion of "life" meaningless. Correct. All notions are tools constructed by and for human minds for their own purposes. It's possible to hypothesize a definition-breaking example for nearly everything that isn't a mathematical abstract. What counts is useful definitions. In the case of "life" we already have many examples of things that don't perfectly fit the definition, like viruses and prions.