RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012 Full Name Gian Odeste 4G Section 5 LC#

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Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your theories of knowledge. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOUR world view Evaluativist Evaluativist Evaluativist Evaluativist Relativist Brief Reason + Remarks Certainty and Evidence Certainty and Evidence. Standards and Authority. Standards and Principles. Entitlement to ones own belief.

Part Two: Ways of Knowing How important are the different Ways of Knowing in the different domains? Rate them from 1 to 10 according to importance, with 10 as VERY IMPORTANT. If there are other ways of knowing/judging, use the last column and specify. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion Sense Perception 6 3 6 3 2 Reason 8 8 5 8 5 Language 3 5 2 5 6 Emotion 4 8 9 8 8 Others?

Part Three: AUTHORITY and/or EVIDENCE When you justify claims, how much do you actually rely on External Authority and Direct Evidence for every domain? Assign a percentage to each one per domain (Just make an estimate, so NO decimal points--e.g., 25.2321%!). Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion % AUTHORITY 40% 60% 50% 30% 70% % EVIDENCE 60% 40% 50% 70% 10% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Some learnings, comments, connections... I nd religion to be a domain of judgment where I cannot completely reconcile myself as either a relativist or an evaluativist. I think that ones decision when it comes to choosing a world view about religion depends heavily on the faith that one has, which can go one way or the other. At the moment, Im not sure what to believe about my religion and my faith because of all the questions left unanswered and all the questions raised from newfound analytical processes. On the other hand, the other domains of judgment call for me to be evaluativist, except perhaps in Mathematics, which is not mentioned in the tables because I am Absolutist there. Since Math exists almost completely in theory, the basic premises that it assumes cant really be contested. All the other domains of judgment are more grounded in real life, so its easier to weigh out evidence because there is actual evidence and context. For religion, I dont think I want to believe it is just theory, like Math, but I cannot bring myself to believe that it can be the only truth. Im not sure what my dilemma says about me as a person, but its something that I have to gure out on my own terms.