cartesian

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  1. Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy.
  2. An adherent of Descartes.

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  1. a follower of Cartesian thought
  2. of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works

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  • Concept to Fabrication, building non-cartesian structural systems in Hong Kong —  art.blogging.la
  • Grammar games, math exercises, simple animations to demonstrate photosynthesis and cartesian geometry. —  One Laptop Per Child News
  • If a scarcity vision is passively incorporated into the governance of thought then by turns one necessarily becomes what I like to call "sub cartesian" for if "I think, therefore I am" is the incitement of the Enlightenment, then "I Don't Think, and That's Enough" is the provisional epistemic nomenclature of a commodity driven amateur gloom -- I'm thinking here of Hitler's description of Germans with disabilities as "useless eaters". —  Planet of the Blind
  • No, in a cartesian sense according to cartesian standards, their belief isn't "necessarily" correct. —  RealClimate
  • Fixed an evil SQL cartesian product when looking up a project's last updated time —  Planet Mozilla
 

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