RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE 2

GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012 Full Name Sean Ocier Section H4G 6 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 theories of knowledge. 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 world view Relativist Relativist Relativist Evaluativist Absolutist Brief Reason + Remarks Nature works in diff. ways It is difcult to know what exactly humans are really thinking Art is relative, own opinions Context Im a faithful Catholic

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 10 7 10 8 5 Reason 10 8 8 10 6 Language 4 3 6 3 3 Emotion 2 4 10 9 7 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 % AUTHORITY 5 % EVIDENCE 95 100% Brief Reason + Remarks The ndings of natural science dont need an authority Evidence is higher because authority cant make up everything There isnt really evidence for art except criteria for it being considered good Perception and societal views are equally important There isnt much evidence so the governing body has to be trusted and relied upon

Social Science

40

60

100%

Art

75

25

100%

Morality Religion

50 90

50 10

100% 100%

Some learnings, comments, connections... I learned from this activity about the different epistemological world views. This activity wasnt my rst exposure to them; I was very vaguely familiar with the terms before but didnt really know what they actually meant until now. About myself, I found out that it was quite hard for me to pinpoint my exact epistemological world view on a certain area because that area usually had different topics and scenarios which appealed to different world views for me, in other words it was difcult for me to lump entire areas of knowledge into one world view exclusively. This was also quite challenging for me to do because Im not very adept at deep thought and it tends to, fry my brain, but I tried anyway to use my logic, and even though it may have been conicted and confusing at times, I was still able to nd my acceptable and appropriate world views for myself.