In the pursuit of certainty, Descartes claims that it is both possible and reasonable to withhold assent from any idea that is not perceived clearly and distinctly.
Only in the case of judgment, however, is it reasonable to suspend assent indefinitely if we lack the knowledge needed to be confident of the correctness of our decision.
The bishops resolved that the new proposals must be simple, must treat dissenters with respect, must have a reasonable prospect of gaining assent and must "enable the Church of England to resolve this unfinished business through its own processes as a matter of great urgency".
One of Ms. Greenhouse's charges relates to the narrower issue: she said in her letter that the Army Corps of Engineers issued a waiver calling those fuel costs reasonable without her knowledge or assent, which she says was legally required.
The second component of Arcesilaus' reply, thus, is that the skeptic, in acting without assenting, adheres to the reasonable (eulogon) (SE M 7.158; 7.150; Striker 2010; Vogt 2010).
It is conceivable that, in some contexts of action, the wise person assents to what is reasonable (eulogon) (DL 1.177), without having a cognitive impression of how things are.
The National Commission for Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research has set 7 years as a reasonable minimum age for involving children in the assent process, and there are empirical data regarding the ages at which children can understand components of the assent/consent process (see also Fisher 2006a, 2006b).
The acquisition of preconceptions did not involve assent, simply because the child was not yet reasonable (Brittain 2005).
Another suggestion is that the Stoic sage hedges his bets by assenting only to the impression that it is reasonable that there is fireplace here (as Sphaerus did about the pomegranates, 40F).
In this situation, the required adjustment to overturn the decision was so far beyond the reasonable characteristics of the Patriots and the Colts, you could say it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.
