Definition of "Descartian"

If we have succeeded in purging our theories thoroughly of the Descartian dualism, we are, in principle, ready to deal also with the psycho-physiological dualism which is its modern successor. No doubt, the latter has changed with the fashions of thought sufficiently to discard the Descartian “substances”, and put in their place two series of “phenomena”—a series of psychical processes open only to introspection (its own?), and a series of physiological processes open to public observation like all other physical facts.

1920, R. F. Alfred Hoernlé, Studies in Contemporary Metaphysics, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, page 271

By the turn of the 20th century, the Descartian model was no longer valid for intellectuals, humanists, artists, and scientists.

1987, Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, page 48

Thus, in a Bohrian world, there would be frequent communication among those who do micro- and macro-analysis, those who do cross-sectional and historical analysis, those who do aggregate, comparative, or case studies, those who undertake a Descartian or coevolutionary approach to studying the world.

2006, Geoffrey Wood, Phil James, editors, Institutions, Production, and Working Life, Oxford University Press, page 69

Furthermore, this situation is helpful for demonstrating the way in which the Descartian paradigm is incapable of being an adequate guide to the rational choices of Catholic morality.

2020, Anthony Hollowell, “Ratio in Relatione”, in Ratio in Relatione: The Function of Structural Paradigms and Their Influence on Rational Choice and the Search for Trust, Pickwick Publications, page 134