Cartesian
X-Y axis related
Cartesian relates to the French philosopher René Descartes or his ideas.
Most commonly it describes the coordinate system that locates points using perpendicular axes: Plot the equation on a Cartesian plane.
Descartes's philosophical legacy appears in phrases like Cartesian dualism—the separation of mind and body—and Cartesian doubt, systematic skepticism as a path to certainty.
Philosophy of opposed pairs
- cogitoLatin for "I think"
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- mind-bodyMental-physical relationship
- substancePhysical material with mass
doubt · Meditations · mechanistic · epistemology · certainty · skepticism · pineal gland · foundationalism
Location-specifying number pairs
- planeWinged flying vehicle
- graphVisual data display
- axesHeaded chopping tools
- x-axisGraph's horizontal reference line
y-axis · origin · quadrant · ordered pair · grid · plotting · coordinate system · abscissa
Mathematics of abstract collections
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- pairsMatched sets of two
- tuplesFinite ordered lists
- combinationsUnions of separate parts
cross product · domain · range · relation · mapping · elements · sets · matrix
Following ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- rationalGoverned by logic
- analyticalExamining parts methodically
rigorous · ordered · logical · step-by-step · clear · precise · structured · reductionist
dualism
Philosophy of opposed pairs
- cogitoLatin for "I think"
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- mind-bodyMental-physical relationship
substance · doubt · Meditations · mechanistic · epistemology · certainty · skepticism · pineal gland · foundationalism · interactionism
coordinates
Location-specifying number pairs
x-axis · y-axis · origin · quadrant · ordered pair · grid · plotting · coordinate system · abscissa · ordinate
set theory
Mathematics of abstract collections
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- pairsMatched sets of two
- tuplesFinite ordered lists
combinations · cross product · domain · range · relation · mapping · elements · sets · matrix · dimensional
systematic
Following ordered procedures
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- rationalGoverned by logic
analytical · rigorous · ordered · logical · step-by-step · clear · precise · structured · reductionist · linear
- EponymsDarwinian, Alzheimer's disease, Freudian slip, cardigan, Parkinson's disease
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- Bourbon FranceVersailles, the Sun King, Louis XV, Colbert, Edict of Nantes
- coordinateslatitude, longitude, coordinates, lat, long
- French ThoughtSartre, Foucault, Derrida, Camus, Rousseau
Cartesianpolar
Of extreme latitudes
spherical · cylindrical · curvilinear · radial · geodesic
Cartesianholistic
Addressing interconnected wholes
embodied · monistic · materialist · phenomenological · existentialist
Cartesianempirical
Based on observation, not theory
empiricist · experiential · inductive · intuitive · pragmatic
- Cartesian planeTwo-dimensional plotting surface
- Cartesian coordinatesPerpendicular-axis position notation
- Cartesian spaceGrid defined by perpendicular axes