Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Soul

In the 1640’s Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes engaged in a philosophically rich correspondence. The most well-known aspect correspondence begins with question asks about his account interaction between soul body. This objection, often called ‘problem interaction’, has received much attention contemporary scholarship this frequently focuses on exchange Descartes. Following lead himself, majority scholars treat problem as core, or even entirety, Elisabeth’s objections to from stage paper I argue that driving force Descartes’ is not interaction. Rather, fundamentally concern nature soul. While clearly offers interaction, it only one several worries each which designed show insufficient. raises three distinct problems soul: causal interface problem, vapors principal attribute problem.