RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2013-2014 Full Name Section LC#

Luis Tan

H4G

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 Brief Reason+ Remarks
Technology will eventually advance, thus leading to a nal answer
Each one has their respective cultures and beliefs, but I will be slightly biased to my own beliefs and culture.

Rationalist Rationalist
Relativist Rationalist Rationalist

Taste in art is never the exactly the same with every one. Most of the time, the best case scenario is that they are similar. Every one has their opinion on what is right or wrong, but the way or environment they were brought up in leads them to have and lean on on their opinion. Every religion has their opinion on god/s, but by the way I was brought up, I respect other religions but lean towards Christianity.

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
3

Sense Perception
1

Reason

Language

Emotion
4

Others?

2 3 3 2 2 4 4

3 2 1 4 1

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
20 40 10 5 10 90 90 95 60

Brief Reason+ Remarks

NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion

80

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Most of the things related to natural science in my life have already been strongly proven by their respective authorities. The subject is greatly dependent on human nature, which changes very often.

The determining if something is "nice" is very subjective cause each person has his own taste.
I believe that nobody really knows exactly what is right or wrong. The only people one would see as authorities are probably people they really trust (e.g. parents)
Everybody has their own view of God and the way He makes himself visible in each of their lives.

Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?

I think this is so because the other two are polar opposites of one another. Authority involves in believing someone whole-heartedly. As for evidences, it resembles the concept, "seeing is believing". It goes by the idea that no matter what others say, the knowledge you gather on your is truth
Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...

I learned that for every area of knowledge, each person tends to rely on a certain way of knowing more than the others and that rarely will the ranking be exactly the same for two people. This activity helped me see how I am as a person, thinker, and decision-maker. It gave me a more physical piece of evidence on my character.