RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012 Full Name Cedric Chan Section H4G 3 LC#

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Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your theories of knowledge. Domains Natural Science Item #s 1, 5, 14 YOUR world view Evaluativist Brief Reason + Remarks This is because both can be correct, but only one whose answer is supported best by the facts can be considered more correct than the other.

Social Science Art Morality

4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11

Evaluativist Relativist Relativist Different people have different views on different art works Different kinds of societies have different moral mindsets. Because of this, people will tend to abide by its own laws and beliefs. There are many different kinds of religion and each religion has its own laws, values and beliefs. Because of this, one belief/ practice can be deemed acceptable but the other disagrees and each will stick by its own beliefs

Religion

2, 13, 15

Relativist

Part Two: Ways of Knowing How important are the different Ways of Knowing in the different domains? Rate them from 1 to 10 according to importance, with 10 as VERY IMPORTANT. If there are other ways of knowing/judging, use the last column and specify.

Domains Natural Science

Sense Perception 8

Reason 10

Language 7

Emotion 3 5

Others?

Social 5 9 9 Science Part Three: AUTHORITY and/or EVIDENCE

Art 10 6 5 10 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 Morality 2 8 9 10 estimate, so NO decimal points--e.g., 25.2321%!). Make sure both total 100%. Religion 2 7 10 10

Domains Natural Science Social Science Art

% AUTHORITY 40% 70% 0

% EVIDENCE 60% 30% 0 100% 100% 100%

Brief Reason + Remarks Natural Sciences rely heavily on evidence Social Science relies on what society dictates Art is open to everyones interpretation and there is no evidence to support which art work is better Society dictates what is acceptable and different societies have different views on different moral issues Same reason as Morality, only on the context of religions

Morality

50%

50%

100%

Religion

50%

50%

100%

Some learnings, comments, connections... As discussed in ToK, different areas of knowledge have different ways of applying the different ways of knowing, either from least needed to most needed or vice versa. There are some domains, such as art, morality and religion, that heavily relies on human input and is prone to bias and open to human interpretations, making the relativist view more applicable in these elds