RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Zachary Haw 4B Section 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 Social Science Art Morality Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 YOUR Philo of K Rationalist Relativist Rationalist Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks Recency of information Both should be considered There is still good art There are explantations to art There will always be one better decision for morality due to situational factors Both sides of belief can be considered

Religion

2, 13, 15

Relativist

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 3 2 1 3

Reason 2 1

Language 3 2

Emotion 4 4 1

Others?

3 4

4 2

2 1

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 70% 60% 40% 40% % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 30% 40% 60% 60% 100% 100% 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science Social Science Art Morality

Some experiments cant be done by ourselves Different interpretations by different books and cultures Art is liked by the observer Different authorities may have different claims to what is moral Need to rely on authority to learn more since it is quite a sensitive topic

Religion

60%

40%

100%

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? Opinions are hearsay and can be deemed invalid

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