RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Patrick Sheldon Ko Wee 4H Section 1 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 Social Science Art Morality Religion Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOUR Philo of K Rationalist Relativist Rationalist Relativist Relativist Brief Reason + Remarks
Science is explained by evidence.
You never know what runs in peoples minds.

I lean to being one since I reason out in Art.

There are some occasions when you cant just follow the right reason.

Its sometimes hard to see the light.

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 1 4 1 5 4 Reason 2 1 5 1 1 Language 3 2 4 2 2 Emotion 4 3 2 3 3 Others? Intuition/Gut Feel 5 Intuition/Gut Feel 5 Intuition/Gut Feel 3 Intuition/Gut Feel 4 Intuition/Gut Feel 5

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 20 % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 80 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

Most of scientic theories can be proven through things we see (sense perception). We can get primary sources or if not, secondary sources that will tell us of what happened etc. which has evidence. The political theories et al are authority. Authorities generally tell us what is beautiful. How the heck can we think the painting Mona Lisa is beautiful compared to modern artists? It is ingrained into our brains ever since we were children what is moral and immoral. Since the afterlife is supposedly where our morality will be judged, and no one has seen the afterlife, we only rely on authority We know Jesus and feel him through how other people tell us about him. We never get physical evidence. We may see his presence through how other people tell us how he is present.

Social Science

50

50

100%

Art

90

10

100%

Morality

100

100%

Religion

98

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Some other learnings, comments, connections... Opinion is practically authority, since we are conditioned by them. Quite an interesting exercise.