Why We “Agree” Without Being Convinced: Newman’s Five Types of Notional Assent (Grammar of Assent 2)
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This video continues the exploration of An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman.
In the first video, we followed the argument from the beginning of the book up to the opening of Chapter IV. In this second part, we focus on the first section of that chapter, where Newman introduces and analyzes what he calls notional assent.
When the mind assents to abstract propositions expressed in general ideas rather than concrete realities, that assent can take several distinct forms. Newman identifies five: profession, credence, opinion, presumption, and speculation. Each represents a different way in which the intellect may agree with an idea—from habitual or socially inherited affirmation to more tentative forms of intellectual acceptance.
By distinguishing these five types, Newman clarifies how people often agree to propositions at the level of concepts without the deeper conviction that comes from concrete realities. This analysis prepares the way for his later reflections on the nature of real assent and the role of lived experience in human belief.
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