Sentence examples for assent to the statement from inspiring English sources

In wondering whether he should assent to the statement "A ought to φ", the speaker has to reflect whether he can prescribe that everyone should act in the same way, whatever his own situation.

In a statement, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, who is in Rome at the beatification of Mother Teresa, said he hoped more plaintiffs would assent to the agreement by Thursday.

"You are giving your assent to the killing of civilians".

I assent to the ideas because I have the feelings; I don't have the feelings because I've assented to the ideas.

These defects reflect the conditional nature of Washington's assent to the exercise so far.

Now, after royal assent to the legislation in July, it will not be.

With this you can begin your assent to the Dark Side or your parents' basement.

Most of us unquestioningly assent to the first principle.

Pinto 2001 suggests that the aim of many arguments does not appear to be assent to the truth of a proposition but the withholding of assent (or full assent) or a particular attitude.

Representationalists such as Dretske, Lycan and Tye would assent to the former claim, whereas phenomenalists such as Block, Chalmers, Loar and Peacocke would assent to the latter.

Assenting is considered complete when the third party "communicates" his assent to the promisor, which can be done in a variety of ways, including by post.