RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name David Gozali Section H4H LC#

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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 Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks there is one reason more right than the other. there are more evidences in one and there is an authority Just like in laws, some statements may be more correct than the other it all lies in perspective and on the eyes of the beholder there are morals that are inherently right although can be changed given certain circumstances Anyone can believe in what they want on religion

Social Science

4, 8, 12

Rationalist

Art Morality

3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11

Relativist Rationalist

Religion

2, 13, 15

Relativist

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 3 3 4 3 Reason 2 1 4 1 4 Language 3 2 2 3 2 Emotion 4 4 1 2 1 Others? consistency with other aspects consistency symmetry effects believability

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

Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

30

70

100%

You need a lot of sources and evidences to back up a statement while taking into a little consideration authority for proper interpretation. Interpretation plays a bigger role here and its usually only those who can truly understand it do i feel i should leave my trust. It lies on the eyes of the beholder. Of course authority has set standards that may standardize art but i dont care much about what others say. For me, its my opinion (which may be helped by experts). Everyone may have diff morals but there are some inherently correct. balanced. Its something we cannot really see thus authority and those who have dedicated their lives studying plays a major role here.

Social Science

60

40

100%

Art

30

70

100%

Morality

50

50

100%

Religion

70

30

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? When it comes to ways of knowing and making a decision, it should be as much as possible not biased. Opinion is good for an individual but not for something that is to be standardized. Most of the time, opinions cannot be used as justication so as not to be inuenced by external factors and remain more objective.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... Most of the time, there are statements more right than the other, in my opinion at least. However, I do want to know when we can say one side is correct and if its valid, and the other side possessing invalid arguments. This is just like TOK where we question reliability and to what extent can opinions be used. Note that opinions are still very helpful.