RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2013-2014 Full Name

Johan Yao
4D

Section
3

LC#

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

Part One: YOUREpistemologicalWorldViews Summarize here your findings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist, or Rationalist? Domains NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion Item#s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOURPhiloof K
Rationalist

Brief Reason+ Remarks

This is something that needs to be universal so a concrete answer must be given This area requires sound conclusions therefore concrete answers must be given Art is more based on taste therefore one's taste cannot be better than another's

Rationalist
Relativist

Rationalist
Relativist

Anything wrong can never be right

People have a choice to believe in things. We have no right to discount any of their beliefs because after all it is their own

Part Two: Waysof 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
2 3 1

Sense Perception
2

Reason

Language

Emotion

Others?

1 2 1 1

2 3

4 4 4 4

3 2

Part Three: AUTHORITYand/orEVIDENCE/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 % EVIDENCE/ A
RGUMENT
50 60 90 50 10 50 90

Brief Reason+ Remarks

NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion

50 40
10

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Neither of them can always be right

Facts speak louder than words

Art depends more on what people see
We need the people to agree to evidence in order to reach the morally just opinion

Nobody truly knows the things they believe, only evidence can truly guide us to the truth

Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?

I think there is no opinion because it is given that everyone has their own opinion. Authority and evidence only play as the instigators of opinion or what people use to create their own personal perspective. Evidence and Authority after all play more of the absolutist while opinion is in the middle therefore it's not really needed because opinion is part of the process in choosing between authority and evidence.

Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...
There are many ways of learning but yet people have their own opinions on how they know things. Nobody's view should ever be discounted but yet I'm still quite confused whether how we actually form a nal answer for different things or do we even have a nal "denite" answer for anything? I hope I'll be able to nd my answers as we go on through our discussions. I do hope that I don't end up with my answer before that it doesn't really matter what the real answer is, as long as you know what you are doing is morally just in the sense in does not hurt others, it's ok.