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      • Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia questioned Descartes’ idea of the mind-body dualism, exposing the weakness of his views. The difficulty, however, is not merely that mind and body are different. It is that they are different in such a way that their interaction is impossible because it involves a contradiction.
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      Descartes and the Discovery of the Mind-Body Problem

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  3. plato.stanford.edu › entries › elisabeth-bohemiaElisabeth, Princess of Bohemia - Stanford Encyclopedia of ...

    Aug 20, 2013 · To account for the causal efficacy of an immaterial mind, Elisabeth suggests that Descartes can articulate either the account of causation proper to mind-body interaction or the substantial nature of the mind such that existing accounts could explain its actions.

  4. muse.jhu.edu › article › 14076Princess Elisabeth and the Problem of Mind-Body Interaction

    Abstract. This paper focuses on Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia’s philosophical views as exhibited in her early correspondence with René Descartes. Elisabeth’s criticisms of Descartes’s interactionism as well as her solution to the problem of mind-body interaction are examined in detail.

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  6. www.modernreformation.org › resources › articlesElisabeth of the Palatinate and the Mind-Body Problem ...

    Sep 9, 2020 · Elisabeth of the Palatinate and the Mind-Body Problem. Simonetta Carr. Wednesday, September 9th 2020. In 1643, Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate asked the philosopher René Descartes for some explanations about his theories on the distinction about the body and the mind – the same mind he had made the starting point for the confirmation of ...

  7. www3.nd.edu › handouts › Elisabeth-on-dualismElisabeth’s criticisms of Descartes’ dualism

    Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia made contributions to the philosophy of mind, physics, and political philosophy, and was in addition an influential figure in the politics of her time. She was one of the earliest and most important critics of Descartes’ view of the mind, and is now best known for her correspondence with Descartes, which

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  8. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu › discovery-mind-bodyDescartes and the Discovery of the Mind-Body Problem

    Aug 8, 2019 · Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia questioned Descartes’ idea of the mind-body dualism, exposing the weakness of his views. The difficulty, however, is not merely that mind and body are different. It is that they are different in such a way that their interaction is impossible because it involves a contradiction.

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  10. link.springer.com › chapter › 10The Soul’s Extension: Elisabeth’s Solution to Descartes’s ...

    Oct 7, 2021 · This paper examines and reflects on Princess Elisabeth’s of Bohemia exchange with Descartes concerning the notorious difficulties of his doctrine of human nature as a union of two independent and mutually exclusive substances mind and body. The aim is to...

  11. www.cambridge.org › core › booksElisabeth, Princess of Bohemia (1618–1680) - The Cambridge ...

    Elisabeth presses Descartes to give an account of how an immaterial mind can move a material body. Like Descartes, Elisabeth subscribes to the mechanical view of matter, according to which body is moved by impulsion or by the quality or shape of bodies.

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