Princess Elisabeth and the Problem of Mind-Body Interaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12147136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Tollefsen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 59-77 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hypatia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2979/hyp.1999.14.3.59 |
| OpenAlex | W4231783832 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper focuses on Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia's philosophical views as exhibited in her early correspondence with Rene Descartes. Elisabeth's criticisms of Descartes's interactionism as well as her solution to the problem of mind-body interaction are examined in detail. The aim here is to develop a richer picture of Elisabeth as a philosophical thinker and to dispel the myth that she is simply a Cartesian muse
Cartesianism · Epistemology · Interactionism · Mind–body problem · Mythology · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · Theology · Central European and Russian historical studies · Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |