Grammar of Assent

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Grammar of Assent is a philosophical and theological work by John Henry Newman that explores how individuals come to hold religious beliefs with certainty despite limited logical proof.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
theological work
addresses limits of formal logic in matters of faith
psychology of belief
relationship between evidence and belief
role of the will in belief
argues that certainty in religious belief can be justified without strict logical demonstration
that informal reasoning contributes to firm assent
that the illative sense guides the mind to assent
author John Henry Newman NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
explores how individuals come to hold religious beliefs with certainty despite limited logical proof
fullTitle An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent NERFINISHED
genre non-fiction
hasPart Part I: Assent and Apprehension
Part II: Assent and Inference
hasPhilosophicalStance defense of the rationality of religious belief
influenced 20th-century Catholic theology
Newman studies
analytic philosophy of religion
influencedBy Aristotelian logic NERFINISHED
British empiricism
Catholic tradition
Christian theology
keyConcept conscience
illative sense
implicit reasoning
notional assent
real assent
language English
literaryPeriod 19th century
mainSubject assent
belief
certainty
faith and reason
philosophy of religion
religious epistemology
theology
notableFor distinction between real and notional assent
introduction of the concept of the illative sense
publicationYear 1870
publisher Burns, Oates, and Co. NERFINISHED
relatedWork An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent NERFINISHED
Apologia Pro Vita Sua NERFINISHED
religiousContext Roman Catholicism
structure two parts

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John Henry Newman notableWork Grammar of Assent