RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Daniel Go 4H Section A 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 Absolutist Brief Reason + Remarks Natural Science has denite answers, and denite reasons behind the whats and whys. In elds such as History and Crime, there is always an interpretation that is more correct and accurate Art depends on what is being perceived by society / individuals There are shades of gray that may be hard to categorize It is unjustiable, and faith plays a big part in religion

Social Science

4, 8, 12

Rationalist

Art

3, 7, 10

Relativist

Morality Religion

6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15

Relativist 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 3 3 1 4 4 Reason 1 1 2 1 2 Language 2 2 4 3 3 Emotion 4 4 3 2 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 20 % EVIDENCE/
ARGUMENT

Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

80

100%

No theory is universally accepted and recognized as a law unless true beyond reasonable doubt based on evidence Evidence is just as important in the eld as those interpreting it Though authorities can sway people, the evidence of art would allow people to decide for themselves Authority covers only a small percentage due to them not being absolutely free from bias, and it is only the lack of certainty that gives them power The only decent evidence in this world is the Bible, and even this can be easily misunderstood.

Social Science Art

50 40

50 60

100% 100%

Morality

20

80

100%

Religion

50

50

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three?

Opinions are based on evidence, and if the evidence does not support the opinion, although not necessarily incorrect, it would seem less believable. An opinion of a person, the same person, regarding the same matter may also differ at different points in time. This is because opinions are heavily affected by emotions and the way in which things are processed. Concerns regarding religion are always debatable, there is such a ne sometimes invisible line between certain matters. In this case, evidence and authority could both be correct and/or wrong at the same time. It could just have been created by man to appease the populations worry over the afterlife... it is unjustiable, and there may never be a valid conclusion.