Episode Details

Dr. Matthew Petrusek

Since the mind can infer truths of which it does not have certainty, what judges the validity of an inference in concrete matters? The Illative Sense. It is the power of judging and concluding when not having apodictic certainty. Bishop Barron explores Newman’s analysis of the Illative Sense, explaining why it is an essential element in religious conversion. 

Topics Covered:

• The Illative Sense 
• The nature of certainty 
• Formal Inference 
• Informal Inference

Links:

• Read: The Illative Sense (from the Grammar of Assent)
• Video: The Personalist Spirit of Newman’s Thought
• Video: The Freedom of Truth: The Nature of Conscience in Aquinas and Newman
• Book: Communities of Informed Judgement
• Word on Fire Institute: https://institute.wordonfire.org/

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