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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
Relativist Relativist
Morality is governed by a direct set of laws
Absolutist
Religion matters to those who believe in it.
Aboslutist
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
2
Sense Perception
1
Reason
3
Language
4
Emotion
Others?
2 2 2 3
2 3 1 2
3 2 3 3
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
50%
99%
99%
50% 1%
1%
Scientic knowledge and theories are dictated by the scientic community accompanied by evidence such as experiments in class with discussions. History is written by the winners such that it is difcult to rely on direct evidence.
70%
30%
70%
30%
Although there are evidences show such as the bible and historical passages, it remains to be an external authority as a direct inuence.
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