There is, according to Kuhn, "no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community".
He is often cited for having pointed out that as in political revolutions, so in choice of paradigm, there is no standard higher than the assent of the relevant community (1962, 94), and as having argued that there is "no neutral algorithm for theory choice, no systematic decision procedure which, properly applied, must lead each individual in the group to the same decision" (1970, 200).
Because of this widespread philosophical tendency in ancient society, the Christian could generally assume some belief in Providence and assent to high moral imperatives among his pagan contemporaries.
They are a little put out, however, that even as Obama offers these cuts to earned benefit programs, he doesn't seem to actually want it bad enough, in his heart of hearts: "Mr. Obama too often casts entitlement reform as a concession to extract Republican assent to higher taxes, rather than a worthy end in itself".
Whilst there has been a significant amount of discussion about assent in high-income settings and some discussion about how this might apply in low-income settings, there has been very little exploration of the ways in which assent arises as a practical ethical challenge in the design, conduct and review of research in such settings.
So, although the distinction between theoretical and practical reason is germane to the question of what warrants our assent to the Highest Good, a more precise account of how it is germane is still needed.
Indeed, Flew has never offered a detailed explanation of what he believes, preferring to use terms like "Aristotelian deist" that connote both an assent to a higher intelligence and a resistance to the idea of a personal god.
This may be observed in a higher rate of negation and assent words (e.g., "no" and "yes") that may be used by deceivers to limit and control answers.
Evans also met with the high chiefs and secured their assent to continued Naval government.
The study was explained in simple language to the children and verbal assent was obtained from higher functioning children who were capable of understanding the study process.
