RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Marc Mitchell Jacinto Matsubara 4H Section LC#

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

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 Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks One argument HAS to be closer to reality since both are conicting, though both can have elements that are correct. Same reason as above Since humanity created these arts, we have the right to say what is good and bad art I can appreciate multiple moral philosophies, and see their respective points Obviously, we cant claim to understand everything, but at the same time, that doesnt mean weve got it all wrong too.

Social Science Art

4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10

Rationalist Rationalist

Morality

6, 9, 11

Relativist

Religion

2, 13, 15

Rationalist

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 3 3 Reason 2 1 4 2 4 Language 3 4 3 4 2 Emotion 4 3 2 1 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 80% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science

We value rst person accounts, but not as much as hard evidence Evidence is still more important, but we pay more attention to what experts think While all peoples opinions are important, sometimes art experts just know art better. Thats why I gave authority and evidence equal strength (where I assumed evidence is how the art speaks to YOU). There is no natural evidence for when something is moral because the whole concept of morality is just a construction of society. I regarded evidence as personal belief. I believe everyones search for God should be a critical and active one, regardless of what anyone thinks.

Social Science

30%

70%

100%

Art

50%

50%

100%

Morality

100%

0%

100%

Religion

0%

100%

100%

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

Some other learnings, comments, connections...

Because opinions on their own arent enough to justify a certain idea. Everyone has opinions, but some peoples opinions can be classied as valid in the same way that others opinions can be called invalid if they are wholly unreasonable. Thats why theres a part for authority; because we acknowledge that some peoples opinions have more substance to them than others. I noticed that part 1 is essentially the same as part 3 of the rst work sheet, so I just put the same answers.