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5 giorni fa · Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia took Descartes to task for this problem in their correspondence. Descartes is the philosopher most commonly associated with the dualist position, but for all his fame and brilliance, he wasn’t ever able to give Princess Elisabeth a satisfying response.
1 giorno fa · Descartes began (through Alfonso Polloti, an Italian general in Dutch service) a six-year correspondence with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, devoted mainly to moral and psychological subjects. Connected with this correspondence, in 1649 he published Les Passions de l'âme ( The Passions of the Soul ), which he dedicated to the Princess.
29 mag 2024 · Josh and Ray explore Elisabeth's life and thought with Lisa Shapiro from McGill University, editor of "The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy." Part of our...
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10 giu 2024 · This problem of mind-body interaction was famously and forcefully raised by one of the all too rare female philosophers of the time, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia. A whole branch of philosophy, the philosophy of mind, is launched in the wake of problems for substance dualism.
2 giorni fa · It is a heuristic principle in science and philosophy not to assume the existence of more entities than is necessary for clear explanation and prediction. This argument was criticized by Peter Glassen in a debate with J. J. C. Smart in the pages of Philosophy in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
5 giorni fa · These questions constitute the so-called “mind-body problem,” a core issue in the philosophy of mind, the area of philosophy that studies phenomena such as thought, perception, emotion, memory, agency, and consciousness. This essay introduces some of the most influential answers to these questions.
3 giu 2024 · Their correspondence contains the only known extant philosophical writings by Elisabeth, revealing her mastery of metaphysics, analytic geometry, and moral philosophy, as well as her keen interest in natural philosophy.
