RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2012-2013 Full Name Royce Tee Section H4H 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 Social Science Art Morality Religion Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOUR Philo of K Rationalist Rationalist Relativist Rationalist Rationalist Brief Reason + Remarks

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 5 4 5 Reason 2 1 4 1 2 Language 3 4 3 3 3 Emotion 4 2 1 2 1 5 5 Imagination - 2 5 Imagination - 4 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% 40% 75% 40% 80% % EVIDENCE /ARGUMENT 50% 60% 25% 60% 20% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Brief Reason + Remarks

Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Religion

I cant test out everything I would trust evidence more I dont understand art very well I can think for myself, but Im not always sure Hard to prove

Why do you think there is no OPINION in Part Three? I think that there is no opinion since it is asking me to rely on sources other than myself (Ways of Knowing). This is to verify claims in the different Areas of Knowledge therefore I would need outside help.

Some other learnings, comments, connections... I realized that I didnt really think about how much I relied on either authority and evidence. This activity helped me sort out how much I would trust either in verifying claims in the different Areas of Knowledge.