RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Shawn Gabriel Lee Section H4H CLE B 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 Absolutist Rationalist Relativist Rationalist Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks There is certainty in nature We dont all follow the same pattern Eye of the beholder There should be sense in morality Everything points to a gen. directn

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 2 4 5 Reason 2 3 4 2 4 Language 3 1 3 3 3 Emotion 4 2 1 1 2 Ethics 1 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 EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 30% 75% 40% 50% 70% 70% 25% 60% 50% 30% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion

Evidence is natural, minds to interpret this. Messy evidence, need sound judgement Stable criteria, vs work being judged Balance in judgement is needed Faith is believing without seeing

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Because justication cannot be based on opinion, because anyone can change in opinion, therefore there will be no basis for justication.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... It is possible to let different philosophies of knowledge coexist among different area domains of knowledge.