RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Aaron Jevon Anthony Sy Dy Section High 4-H LC#

Note: This is your digital worksheet. You will nd the instructions for todays module here. Perform the requested tasks using this Pages le. In other words, make it your own. Thank you!

Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist, or Rationalist? Domains Natural Science Item #s 1, 5, 14 YOUR Philo of K Absolutist Brief Reason + Remarks Usually, things in science cant both be write, like a virus is a living organism or not. Social Science is based on interpretations, therefore there are chance for two things to be true. Art is based on emotions. One opinion is as important as another. Though things in morality arent absolute, there are things that are more right than others. Religion is more of beliefs, therefore one cannot be 100% sure of things. However, ones belief can be more right than anothers though this can only be discovered when the time comes.

Social Science

4, 8, 12

Relativist

Art

3, 7, 10

Relativist

Morality

6, 9, 11

Rationalist

Religion

2, 13, 15

Rationalist

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

Part Three: AUTHORITY and/or EVIDENCE/ARGUMENT 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%!). Make sure both total 100%. Domains % AUTHORITY 0% 25% % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 100% 75% 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science Social Science

Evidence would make me believe Social science has a little bit of authority since theres a person interpreting the data, but the evidence is still stronger Art is more about the authority, yes there may be stuff like the golden ration but the authority would be stronger. Morality is dependent on opinions, but can have a little pattern of evidence Religion has two parts the evidence, and the authority. The evidence is feeling the love itself, however authority is what tells us about it.

Art

80%

20%

100%

Morality

90%

10%

100%

Religion

50%

50%

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? I think there is no opinion since everyone is entitled to their opinions, but it is only the opinions of the authority that is respected and listened to. Therefore, I think the opinion part was removed, since you cant really say that someone said something is a great way to justify a claim.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... The way we justify claims can be different. We also might have different opinions, but sometimes these opinions can be less right, more right or equally right.