Cartesianism

American  

[kahr-tee-zhuhn-iz-uhm] / kɑrˈti ʒənˌɪz əm /

noun

1. Cartesian thought or philosophy.

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Example Sentences

Let us say that at least at its foundations, Brazilian soccer did not obey Anglo-Saxon pragmatism nor any form of Cartesianism.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2014

To Cartesians, Newton’s theory of gravity made no sense; but in England, where Cartesianism had never been adopted without reservations, and where arguments from design were widely accepted, resistance to the theory was much weaker.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Cartesianism, by making an unambiguous divide between the material and the immaterial, left it unclear how angels and demons might be present in the world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The rational and rigidly scientific basis of Cartesianism was forced on classicism; and reality became its supreme object and its final test:— "Rien n'est beau que le vrai."

From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias

In writing that “this infinite space because of its infinity is distinct from matter,”7 More reveals the direction of his conclusion; the dichotomy it embodies is Cartesianism in reverse.

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry