RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE

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

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Part One: SELF SURVEY You will be handed a hard copy of a 15-item survey. You have 20 minutes to accomplish it. Part Two: SURVEY ANALYSIS A
ITEM 01. mathematical proof 02. origin of the universe 03. music 04. crime 05. function of the brain 06. lying 07. book 08. learning language 09 people 10. painting 11. population control 12. WW II 13. afterlife 14. atoms 15. God YOUR RESPONSES

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LC MAJORITY

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GROUP CONSENSUS

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REASONS + OTHER COMMENTS

ER MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR ER MR ER

MR ER ER MR MR MR ER MR MR ER MR/OO MR ER MR ER

MR MR ER MR

Record your response per item under Column A using the following codes: OO: ONLY ONE OF THE VIEWS IS RIGHT. MR: ONE VIEW CAN BE MORE RIGHT THAN THE OTHER. ER: ONE VIEW CANNOT BE MORE RIGHT THAN THE OTHER. Under Column B, record the responses that obtained the highest frequency in your LC. You may want to put the numbere.g., OO (3/5). Discuss your response per item with your Learning Circle, as well as your reasons for them. Aim for a consensus for every item. Do NOT agree based on sheer numbers. Indicate the consensus answer of your LC under Column C and your reasons (and other remarks) under Column D.

Part Three: CLASS DISCUSSION Part Four: PROCESSING After the class discussion, indicate your epistemological world view (or theory of knowledge) per domain. Domains Math 1 Item #s Your world view Absolutist Remarks There is only right and wrong; there can be several rights, all of which are equally right. New evidence = New truth Each to his own. Universal standards. Evidence, context, personal factors. Examination of factors.

Natural Sciences Religion Art Ethics Social Sciences

5, 14 2, 13, 15 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 4, 8, 12

Evaluativist Relativist Evaluativist Evaluativist Evaluativist

Aside from Religion, I had a relatively easy time choosing my world view for the Areas of Knowledge. Because of the way I was taught to think, at home and in school, evaluativist is my prevailing world view, except for Math and Religion. For Math, Im absolutist because thats just how the nature of Math appears to me: very black and white. Even though my answer to the only item regarding Math was relativist, its only because I already assumed that the ways of proving that Pablo and Jose each preferred were already right. In mathematical proof, there can be several ways to get the right answer, and I consider all of these to be equally right. Everything else is wrong. On the other hand, Religion is a domain I have trouble deciding on. Based on group discussion, we were able to realize that ones world view on Religion is based almost completely on ones faith, be it in God or the lack thereof. My faith in my religion is solid, but so is the faith of a lot of other people in their respective religions, maybe even more so. I just cant seem to accept that I am more right than they are.