RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Kenji Siy C Section 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 Rationalist Relativist Rationalist Relativist Brief Reason + Remarks Some things are more right than others. Some things are more right than others. I can't prove anything wrong. Not everything can be right. I can't prove anything wrong.

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 2 2 4 4 Reason 3 4 4 3 3 Language 4 3 3 2 2 Emotion 1 1 1 1 1 Others? Authority (ranking depends) Authority (ranking depends) Authority (ranking depends) Authority (ranking depends) Authority (ranking depends)

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 40 % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 60 Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

I prefer to know how things work before I believe what the teacher says. Humans are complicated, so people tend to simply listen to experts. We can't prove anything; it's either we agree or disagree. People don't have their own beliefs and principles (it's an illusion; the authorities state them. They can't prove anything; it's either we believe or we don't.

Social Science

60

40

Art Morality

100 100

0 0

Religion

100

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? ! Opinions are beliefs not necessarily based on facts. However, how can one have an opinion without knowing the facts? I believe that in order for one to have an opinion, one must know the facts rst, and the facts come from either authority or evidence/argument.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... ! In reality, everything we believe in started with opinions. Now, they're PROVEN opinions. If they weren't proven, then they wouldn't be believed in in the rst place.