RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2013-2014 Full Name

Justin Nava H4G

Section

LC#

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

Part One: YOUREpistemologicalWorldViews Summarize here your findings (even if tentative!) about your philosophies of knowledge: Absolutist, Relativist, or Rationalist? Domains NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion Item#s 1, 5, 14 4, 8, 12 3, 7, 10 6, 9, 11 2, 13, 15 YOURPhiloof K
Relativist

Brief Reason+ Remarks

Relativist Relativist Relativist Relativist

Part Two: Waysof 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 Reason Language Emotion Others?

2
4 2 4 4

1
1 4 1 1

3
3 3 3 3

4
2 1 2 2

5
5 5 5 5

Part Three: AUTHORITYand/orEVIDENCE/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 % EVIDENCE/ A
RGUMENT

Brief Reason+ Remarks

NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion

10% 30% 0% 50% 0%

90% 70% 100% 50% 100%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Science relies heavily on proving that certain things are right. Social Science relies on reasoning, trying to prove why
one would be more correct than the other. Interpreting art always comes from your emotional response to it. Understanding morality relies on reasoning why it is

wrong or why it is not It's about a set of beliefs and why you believe them to
be right, so outside authority isn't really considered.

Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?

There is no opinion in Part 3 most likely because Authority and Evidence will eventually lead us to form an opinion, rather than having a random opinion as part of why something is right or something is wrong.

Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...

What I learned from the worksheet is that it really is hard just to consider one thing when learning or gaining new knowledge about certain things. We really have to consider many things to get the full picture and try to decide on which one we side with the most.