Of course, and my apologies because I was unclear with my language. I was using Cartesianism as an example of faded, not failed, philosophical field. That was r

Of course, and my apologies because I was unclear with my language. I was using Cartesianism as an example of faded, not failed, philosophical field. That was rather foolish of me to word it so lazily. Thanks for the nitpick and pointing out all the great things that resulted.