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Aither 30/2023 (International issue no. 11):26-61 | DOI: 10.5507/aither.2023.007

Epistemological Issues in Puente Hurtado de Mendoza’s Early De fide

Miroslav Hanke
institute of Philosophy
Czech academy of sciences

During the late 1610s, the Iberian philosopher and theologian Pedro Hurtado de Mendoza (1578–1641) authored Disputations on Faith, now preserved as a manuscript in Dublin, The Library of Trinity College Dublin, ms. 298. The text, apparently originating as part of Hurtado’s teaching in Salamanca, included a comprehensive account of theological virtues and is currently the earliest known witness to Hurtado’s theological career. As part of his discussion of theological issues relating to faith, Hurtado addresses a wide range of epistemological issues, including the general accounts of certainty and evidence and issues specific to the topic of the treatise, such as epistemic authority and testimonial knowledge.

Received: July 7, 2023; Revised: September 23, 2023; Accepted: September 25, 2023; Published: February 16, 2024  Show citation

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