Shapiro suggests that "we can read Elisabeth as here working towards an intermediary position, one between the _________________ she originally identified with Descartes's own and the ______________ which she then seemed to take to be the only alternative."

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Shapiro's statement refers to Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia's correspondence with René Descartes, where she critiques his substance dualism (the view that mind and body are fundamentally different kinds of substances). Elisabeth's challenge to Descartes moves towards an intermediary position between accepting his substance dualism and adopting materialism, which denies the existence of any kind of non-physical substance.

Shapiro Suggests That "We Can Read Elisabeth as Here Working