RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2013-2014 Full Name

Thomas A. A. Co

Section
H4G

LC#
3

Note: This is your digital worksheet. You will find the instructions for todays module here. Perform the requested tasks using this Pages file. In other words, make it your own. Thank you!

Part One: YOUREpistemologicalWorldViews Summarize here your findings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist, or Rationalist? Domains NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion Item#s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOURPhiloof K
Rationalist
Rationalist

Brief Reason+ Remarks

Some answers are closer to the truth than others Some answers are more right than others There are rules to art, some are more right than others variable, dynamic, dependent on the situation There is an absolute truth

Rationalist Rationalist Absolutist

Part Two: Waysof 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

Reason

Language

Emotion

Others?

4 2 4 4

1 3 1 1

3 4 3 3

2 1 2 2

Part Three: AUTHORITYand/orEVIDENCE/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/ A
RGUMENT
60% 60% 40% 50% 40%

Brief Reason+ Remarks

NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion

40% 40% 60% 50% 60%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

authority can be wrong; evidence is needed to reinforce arguments

evidence is necessary to support people's (authority's) claims

authority can be trusted immediately; proof based on reason/logic don't always apply in art
authority can be wrong; equal dependence on proof and authority's opinion

same opinion throughout all of authority; authority always analyzes evidence

Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?

Opinion is very controversial as some thing to rely on when justifying claims. Regardless of the area of knowledge, opinion remains the most unreliable since opinion has the highest possibility of having error, making authority and evidence the most reliable.

Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...
It is still relatively difcult to make decisions about Religion as an area of knowing; there are certain aspects that make it very unique compared to the other areas, that's why a better understanding is needed about Religion, and hopefully, we'll discuss the topic in greater detail in future sessions.