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    1) The document discusses the author's views on epistemology in different domains like natural science, social science, art, morality and religion. 2) The author identifies as a rationalist for natural science and religion, a relativist for art and morality, and rationalism for social science. 3) The author ranks different ways of knowing like sense perception, reason, language, emotion for different domains, with sense perception and reason being most important for natural science. 4) The author assigns percentages to how much authority and evidence/argument they rely on for different domains when justifying claims, with natural science relying more on evidence and religion relying almost entirely on authority.

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    1) The document discusses the author's views on epistemology in different domains like natural science, social science, art, morality and religion. 2) The author identifies as a rationalist for natural science and religion, a relativist for art and morality, and rationalism for social science. 3) The author ranks different ways of knowing like sense perception, reason, language, emotion for different domains, with sense perception and reason being most important for natural science. 4) The author assigns percentages to how much authority and evidence/argument they rely on for different domains when justifying claims, with natural science relying more on evidence and religion relying almost entirely on authority.

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    RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

    GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Ryan Timothy Yu 4H 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 Item #s 1, 5, 14 YOUR Philo of K Rationalism Brief Reason + Remarks Because when it comes to sciences, one is always unsure if the result he gets is true for all.

    Social Science Art

    4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10

    Rationalism Relativism Art usually has a lot of opinions and none is more right than the other

    Morality Religion

    6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15

    Relativism Rationalism

    There are several religions present but there may only be one religion that is telling the Part Two: Ways of Knowing truth 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 5 4 4 3 4 Reason 5 4 2 4 2 Language 3 5 4 5 5 Emotion 2 3 5 4 4 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 40 50 % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 60 50 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

    Natural Science Social Science

    Sometimes people are proven wrong by evidences Sometimes people are right while sometimes evidences are right Art Critics Some people tell us what is right from wrong and we believe them Everyone has an authority in religion to tell them and preach the truth.

    Art Morality

    70 90

    30 10

    100% 100%

    Religion

    99

    100%

    Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Because opinion is all about what a person thinks is right, so if you have strong self condence on a certain topic, then you are sure to believe yourself despite being wrong.

    Some other learnings, comments, connections...

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