RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Tomas Yap 4H Section ?? LC#

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Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist(Both Correct), or Rationalist? Domains Natural Science Social Science Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 YOUR Philo of K Relativist Absolutist Brief Reason + Remarks We dont know what is true Based from gathered facts about concrete things we know which is true (Only 1) Peoples opinions are different There really is only 1 answer No one knows which religion is correct.

Art Morality Religion

3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15

Relativist Absolutist Relativist

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 3 4 1 2 4 Reason 1 1 4 1 1 Language 2 2 3 4 3 Emotion 4 3 2 3 2 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 60% 30% 99% 40% % EVIDENCE/
ARGUMENT

Total

Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science Social Science Art Morality

40% 70% 1% 60%

100% 100% 100% 100%

People see to believe Data in social sciences tend to be accurate There is no evidence for nice art No one has proof that there is life after death; Most people know what is good and bad. No one knows what is true and false.

Religion

99%

1%

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Its because if there was opinion, it would get 100%. Everything basically depends on what you want to believe in. No one can force another to believe something else. In the end, it is up to the person.

Some other learnings, comments, connections I seem to be an absolutist in parts where there are facts and that the effect can be seen by many people unlike natural sciences where the scientists try to make up some things to explain what is inside an atom. Most people know what is good and bad, and the better answer is always to good one. However, for the rest, one or the other could be correct as they have no solid facts. They are merely speculations of authorities to which is the better solution or answer.