The Grammar of Assent

essay towards the grammar of assents

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Author

Cardinal Newman

Mentioned by

Graham Harman

Mentioned in 3 episodes

Mentioned by

Graham Harman

, he learned about it from Polanyi, the idea being that there are many reasons why we give our assent to certain propositions.

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Graham Harman, "Waves and Stones: The Continuous and the Discontinuous in Human Thought" (Allen Lane, 2025)

Mentioned by Bishop Barron as John Henry Newman's masterpiece and the culmination of his intellectual life.

WOF 523: The Grammar of Assent (10 of 12)

Mentioned in relation to Michael Polanyi. States that there are many reasons that we give our assent to certain propositions, and they don't all follow the scientific method.

Graham Harman, "Waves and Stones: The Continuous and the Discontinuous in Human Thought" (Allen Lane, 2025)

Mentioned by

Graham Harman

, referencing Michael Polanyi, as a book that discusses the reasons we give our assent to certain propositions.

Graham Harman, "Waves and Stones: The Continuous and the Discontinuous in Human Thought" (Allen Lane, 2025)

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