RELIGION AS AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE
GOD MATTERS XS IB CLE 2011-2012
Full Name Kyle Lim 4G Section 7 LC#
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Part One: SELF SURVEY
You will be handed a hard copy of a 15-item survey. You have 20 minutes to accomplish it.
Part Two: SURVEY ANALYSIS
YOUR LC GROUP REASONS + OTHER COMMENTS RESPONSES MAJORITY CONSENSUS 01. mathematical proof MR MR MR There are a lot of ways to explain a certain Math problem (whether formal or shortcut ways), but one usually stands out due to its certainty. 02. origin of the OO MR MR There must be one primary reason among universe others as to how the entirety of the universe began. 03. music ER ER ER Choice of music is mostly dependent on the personal tastes of different people and how people feel when they hear certain genres of music. 04. crime ER ER ER Each criminal probably has his or her own reason as to why they keep going back to prison, and not one of them is more right than the other. 05. function of the ER MR MR There can be many justifications and brain explanations regarding the function of the brain, but only one stands out. 06. lying MR ER ER People consider lying to be an immoral thing, but sometimes it can be used for the benefit of others (such as a white lie). 07. book ER ER ER Like music, choice of reading material depends on peoples tastes and emotions. 08. learning language ER MR MR Children may learn language through different ways, but only one way is usually more dominant, which is based on the culture they grew up in. 09 people ER MR ER 10. painting ER ER OO ER OO Like music and books, choosing the best paintings is dependent on peoples tastes and emotions. Recently, population control is a huge problem in countries like the Philippines, and to respond to this problem, the leaders of different countries must find ways to control population growth through proper use of contraceptives, etc. Despite the war having different perspectives to it, there must be one true reason as to how it began. Different religions may have different beliefs with regard to the afterlife, and we may never truly know whether theyre factual or not until we die. There is solid evidence as to what atoms are and what are they made of in textbooks and different sources. ITEM
11. population control OO
12. WW II 13. afterlife
ER ER
MR ER
MR ER
14. atoms 15. God
MR ER
OO
OO
Record your response per item under Column A using the following codes: OO: ONLY ONE OF THE VIEWS IS RIGHT. MR: ONE VIEW CAN BE MORE RIGHT THAN THE OTHER. ER: ONE VIEW CANNOT BE MORE RIGHT THAN THE OTHER. Under Column B, record the responses that obtained the highest frequency in your LC. You may want to put the numbere.g., OO (3/5). Discuss your response per item with your Learning Circle, as well as your reasons for them. Aim for a consensus for every item. Do NOT agree based on sheer numbers. Indicate the consensus answer of your LC under Column C and your reasons (and other remarks) under Column D.
Part Three: CLASS DISCUSSION Part Four: PROCESSING After the class discussion, indicate your epistemological world view (or theory of knowledge) per domain. Domains
Physical Science
Item #s
2, 5, 14
Your world view
Absolutist
Remarks
In the realm of physical science, theories and proofs are always built on a certain degree of evidence and explanations, and these are what makes them certain and factual. For me, there is only one god, and all of the beliefs and values that are found in different religions emanate from this god. The study of human behavior is pretty complex, and a lot of explanations can be accepted, but all it takes is careful and thorough research. We can never know whats truly right or wrong in this world since everyone has their own set of ethics and principles. Every single person has his or her own personal tastes, and this would affect how people see art.
Religion
2, 13, 15
Absolutist
Social Science
4, 8, 9, 12
Evaluativist
Ethics
6, 11
Relativist
Arts
3, 7, 10
Relativist
Learnings, questions, comments, connections to TOK?
-Based on the discussions we had with our learning circles, I can say that in terms of art, we are almost always relativist because we always seem to involve emotion and personality into the subject. -The only domains with a lot of certainty are math and natural science mainly because they contain a lot of theories, explanations, and justications of the world around us. -We are evaluativists in history since we tend to accept different sides of a story, but we are inclined to believing and staying true to just one of them. -In terms of human beliefs (like the afterlife) and human behavior (like that of criminals), we are evaluativists because humans are very complex. There are different reasons as to why some people act a certain way, and this inuences each ones beliefs to an extent. -Therefore, it can be said that in terms of social science / human science, we are mostly evaluativist. -Religion seems to be something like a gray area even if it has been in our lives ever since we were born. Maybe its because we are unsure of some things due to the fact that other religions overlap ours in terms of practices, values, and beliefs.