This is the list of things named after René Descartes (1596–1650), a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.
Computer science Cartesian genetic programming Cartesian tree
Mathematics Cartesian closed category Cartesian geometry Cartesian coordinate system Cartesian equations Cartesian plane Cartesian tensor Cartesian monoid Cartesian monoidal category Cartesian closed category Cartesian oval Cartesian product Cartesian product of graphs Cartesian square Cartesian morphisms Descartes number Descartes's rule of signs Descartes snark Descartes's theorem Descartes's theorem on total angular defect Folium of Descartes
Physics Cartesian diver Cartesian vortex theory Snell–Descartes law
Philosophy Cartesian anxiety Cartesian circle Cartesian doubt Cartesian dualism Cartesian materialism Cartesian theater Cartesian Method Descartes's demon
Robotics Cartesian coordinate robot Cartesian parallel manipulators
Other Blanche Descartes Cartesian linguistics Cartesian Meditations Cartesian Reflections Descartes (crater)
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, a book by António Damásio Descartes-Huygens Prize Descartes Island (Antarctica) Descartes Island (Australia) Descartes on Polyhedra Descartes Prize Lycée René Descartes (Champs-sur-Marne)