Since the Pyrrhonians took assent, i.e., the pro-attitude required for knowledge, to involve a kind of certainty that the matter had been finally and fully resolved, they did not assent to what they took to be non-evident propositions.
For example, whilst the US Code of Federal Regulations states, "assent means a child's affirmative agreement to participate in research" [ 5], other guidelines take assent to mean variously: "acquiescence" [ 2, 9], "knowing agreement" [ 10] or "active agreement' [ 11].
Once the committee issues it's ruling on the case, it would take the assent of nine of the eleven member of the Board of Supervisors to permanently remove the sheriff from office.
Before initiating any discussion, the team also took written assent from all FGD participants.
Asked if N.H.L. should ban all head contact, a step the league has been reluctant to take, Crosby assented, saying, "We've got to adjust".
Against Barnes, Frede argues that the relevant distinction must be drawn between two kinds of assent, such that "having a view involves one kind of assent, whereas taking a position, or making a claim, involves another kind of assent, namely the kind of assent the sceptic will withhold" (1984 [1997], 128).
Parents and children gave informed written consent and assent before taking part in the study.
When he heard nothing, he took that as assent.
Written informed consent was taken from parents/guardians, assent was taken from children above seven years of age.
The Stoics, followed by Antiochus in his dogmatic phase, argued that this position is self-refuting since to adopt a position is to assent to its component doctrines and assent is impossible without taking oneself to know.
