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Cartesianism

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

noun

  1. Cartesian thought or philosophy.


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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

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

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

In Cartesianism, the notion of substance figures more conspicuously than that of cause; and this notion of substance, altogether predominating, constitutes Spinosism.”

From A Review of Edwards's by Henry Philip Tappan

The remainder of the lecture is occupied with the treatment of the influence of Cartesianism, as seen in Spinoza.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

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