RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012 Full Name Marvin Amin Section H4-G LC# 5

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 theories of knowledge. Domains Natural Science Social Science Art Morality Item #s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 YOUR world view Evaluativist Evaluativist Relativist Evaluativist Brief Reason + Remarks New discoveries = New Truth = Accepted by Society Each citizen has his or her own cultural beliefs and backgrounds Each and everyone has their own taste of art Different people have different beliefs, thus each person can be right or wrong Each individual believes in their own religion

Religion

2, 13, 15

Absolutist

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 8 5 7 3 3 Reason 9 8 3 7 6 Language 4 6 4 5 4 Emotion 3 4 8 7 6 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 Social Science Art Morality Religion

% AUTHORITY 30% 60% 0% 40% 70%

% EVIDENCE 70% 40% 0% 60% 30% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Brief Reason + Remarks

Some learnings, comments, connections... This exercise has help in dening what is my world views in particular domains. One learning outcome that I feel was important is that evidence will not always reign higher than authority. From my lessons in Theory of Knowledge, I can reconcile the fact that each of us has his or her own way of believing the different domains of society. As such, this makes us very unique from one another.