Aither, 2023 (ro�. 15), ��slo 30 (original) (raw)

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

Miroslav Hanke

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

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...