RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012 Full Name Alberto Leonardo Oxales III 4G Section 1 LC#

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Part One: YOUR Epistemological World Views Summarize here your ndings (even if tentative!) about your theories of knowledge. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOUR world view Evaluativist Evaluativist Relativist Relativist Evaluativist Brief Reason + Remarks Theories can be disproven. Every person is different. Different views, one art. Whats right for me, may not be right for you God exists, no one has seen Him.

Part Two: Ways of Knowing How important are the different Ways of Knowing in the different domains? Rate them from 1 to 10 according to importance, with 10 as VERY IMPORTANT. If there are other ways of knowing/judging, use the last column and specify. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion Sense Perception 6 6 9 8 4 Reason 5 9 6 8 4 Language 5 2 5 3 8 Emotion 1 2 9 10 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Others?

Part Three: AUTHORITY and/or EVIDENCE 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 Natural Science % AUTHORITY 45 % EVIDENCE 55 100% Brief Reason + Remarks I think science is mostly passed on knowledge from authorities since we do not conduct the experiments ourselves. Although, most of the evidences can be seen buy most people as well. Highly relies on what the experts say since most of this is theoretical and will vary in different situations. Art relies on emotion. The evidences (things that are sensed) determine a persons stand on a work of art. Authority simply explains the piece of art further. Society dictates what is right and wrong. As we grow up, we see for ourselves if what they say is truly right or wrong Faith is based highly on what authorities tell us since we were not there when our religion was established.

Social Science

70

30

100%

Art

20

80

100%

Morality

60

40

100%

Religion

80

20

100%

Some learnings, comments, connections... I consider knowledge to be mostly passed on to me. However, as I mature as a person, I think that the I search for evidences myself to justify the claims that the authorities have told me.