Protestantische Debatten um die Einheit der Wahrheit II. Der Hofmannsche Streit und die Schule von Altdorf

Following the different opinions of the Fathers of the Reformation on the question of the unity of the truth, many discussions on this topic can be found in the early protestant orthodoxy. This contribution focuses on two chapters of this post-history: the well-known quarrel on the thesis of Daniel Hofmann at the University of Helmstedt and the maybe less-known thesis of the philosophical school of Altdorf (Scherb and Piccart). While the end of the Hofmann Debate constituted a general affirmation of the unity of the concept, the case of Altdorf testifies a persistence of a disintegrated notion of truth.