RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Theodore Co Section Best Lights 2013 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 This is the study to give a concrete denition,although temporary, to our world and is relatively important. As we evolve, the human sciences attempts to quantify our physical changes. Art is an statement of emotion and ones perception of reason. Morality is the belief of doing the best thing for people. Religion provides us guidance in life and a source of hope when all things grow dim. Brief Reason + Remarks

Social Science

4, 8, 12

Art Morality Religion

3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15

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 2 1 1 2 Reason 3 4 4 3 4 Language 2 3 3 4 3 Emotion 4 1 2 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 50% % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 50% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

The natural sciences can be manually done by each man through experiments and thus, authority can be disproven. I believe that the way human act is better observed rather than dictated. In art, we believe there is beauty in everything and we cannot thus rely on what others say. We act with morality of our own ndings and not of ones dictation. We can only rely on our faith and the authority of the church in knowing about supernatural things.

Social Science

30%

70%

100%

Art

10%

90%

100%

Morality

40%

60%

100%

Religion

50%

50%

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? ! Although I am not particularly sure, but it is probably because our opinions came from our own arguments deduced by the use of our Ways of Knowing. Some other learnings, comments, connections...