RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Nicholas William Go Di A Section 3C 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 Relativist Brief Reason + Remarks In Mathematics, there are a lot of formulas which one can use and still end up with the same answer. Social Science is backed up by solid statistics, and it really focuses on the specics. Ex. When is the Independence Day of America celebrated? There is only one answer, July 4. We all have our own opinions to which is more beautiful. One is ALWAYS more correct than the other, as mentioned in CLE Class in Grade 7. One is ALWAYS more correct than the other, as mentioned in CLE Class in Grade 7.

Social Science

4, 8, 12

Absolutist

Art Morality

3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11

Relativist Rationalist

Religion

2, 13, 15

Rationalist

Part 2: Ways of Knowing: Rank from 1-5. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion Sense Perception 2 3 1 4 4 Reason 1 2 3 1 1 Language 3 1 4 3 3 Emotion 4 4 2 2 2 None None None None None 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 TOTAL Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

30

70

100%

We make something into a law not because someone says its right, but because of good evidence. Often based on statistics. Specically History, when someone in Authority says something, it is backed up by evidence, or his good argument. To each is own. I may nd something beautiful for my own reasons, but someone else might nd something else beautiful for his own reasons. There is a standard, and the authority decides which one is the most beautiful according to them. I would say 50-50 because Morality is not black and white, and humans frankly do not truly understand if something is good or bad. Often based on context and background of the person. I would say 50-50 because Religion is different for all, and everyone in the world has different religions. Often based on context and background of the person.

Social Science

10

90

100%

Art

90

10

100%

Morality

50

50

100%

Religion

50

50

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Some other learnings, comments, connections... I believe that there is no opinion in Part 3 because we have not taken up into detail in CLE class yet about other Areas of Knowledge. Maybe its best for us to include opinion AFTER studying CLE because we get to learn new insights and even get to talk to people on the Face 2 Faith program, so we might have different answers after these experiences. I also believe that Opinion is somewhat like Authority: It is somewhat the learned and inuential people say, but how can they be always right? After all, theyre also only humans, not everything they say is correct.