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    RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

    CLE 2013-2014 Full Name


    Ron Ty H4H

    Section
    10

    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 Evaluativist? 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
    Evaluativist

    Brief Reason+ Remarks


    Not all things in science has been proven.

    Evaluativist Evaluativist Absolutist Absolutist

    History can sometimes be inconsistent One piece of Art can be better than another. Right and Wrong only There is only one God

    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 Sense Perception Reason Language Emotion Others?

    1
    4 1 3 2

    2
    3 4 2 1

    3
    2 2 4 3

    4
    1 3 `1 4

    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

    Brief Reason+ Remarks

    NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion


    50 50 20

    100 100 50 50 80

    100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

    All science requires evidence History can only be proven by evidence We our own perceptions. Authority and Evidence are equal We all learn from the bible

    Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?


    Opinions are not reliable sources.

    Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...
    Opinions and Evidence are two different things.

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