RELIGIONAS AN AREAOF KNOWLEDGE2

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

Gene Chua

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
It is something that needs we continually learn we further understand with time.
Different people have different cultures so one cannot dene them into one society.
People have different preferences.

Rationalist
Rationalist

Relativist

Rationalist
Relativist

Morality is not secluded into a specic criteria but can be generalized. Religion has no denite proof, it stands on faith alone.

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
1

Reason

Language

Emotion

Others?

4 1 4 4

2 4 1 1

1 3 3 3

3 2 2 2 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
90% 80% 20% 70% 50%

Brief Reason+ Remarks

NaturalScience Social Science Art Morality Religion

10% 20% 80% 30% 50%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

People who have capabilities, and evidences to support their stand. People who greatly understand the society and their claims. People who are experience in this eld. What is right and what is wrong?
Who claimed this and what is/are his supports for his stand.

Whydo you thinkthereis no OPINIONin Part Three?

Because people can make opinions even if he/she has no evidence, therefore opinions are often classied as weak statements regarding a certain topic.

Someotherlearnings,comments,connections...
We are still in the process of understanding everything around us, with the help of technology, which enables us to further grasp and understand the universe, we still learn where these learning may disprove the previous statements which were accepted during that time. We still do not possess enough knowledge of the universe to compose of a lot of facts.