Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Oct 11, Wed - Epistemology & Science

Next Quiz/Test: Tuesday is Quiz 3b: Learn to Discern

HandoutsNone given

Reminders:
Service Project: The 10 hours, 2 forms, and 1 essay are due on Apr 23, 2017
Book Report: Due Monday, Nov. 14 (report on TurnItIn.com; Art Project @ start of class)

Devotion 1 Outline: Due Oct 16 (typed submitted to TurnItIn.com by 8am)

Instructional Time: Unit 3 - Philosophy
Journal 3-3: Study Packet, Page 12
- Open your Study Packet to pg 7 & answer this for Journal 2-1
- - How do you know what is real (the truth)?
- - Write a 5-7 sentence paragraph explaining how you can learn what is real.
- You could answer such things as:
- - From what people or things do you get the truth?
- - How do you try and discover it on your own?
- - Why do you trust these sources?
- - How do you test what you are told is true?
- You’re all done?  Work on these things…
- - Work on Devotion 1 (Due Monday)
- - Read your Book Report book

Epistemology: Study Packet, Page 2 – Student Workbook, Pages 58-59
Epistemology: The study of how we know what we know
- We can gain our knowledge from many sources: Here are 6 of them:
- - A trustworthy authority
- - Personal Experiences
- - Reason (logic, thinking deeply)
- - Revelation from God
- - Scientific Experimentation & Investigation
- - Intuition
- Are there any others that you can think of?

Christianity and Science: Study Packet, Page 2-3
Science: The study of the world (nature) through observations, experimentation, & hypothesis.
- There are many branches of scientific study: For example...
- - Earth and Space Science: Astronomy and Geoscience (climate, geology, etc…)
- - Social Science: Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Archaeology, and History
- - Life Science: Functional (medicine, physiology, etc…) and Cellular Biology
- - Physical Science: Chemistry and Physics
- - Formal Science: Mathematics and Logic (reasoning & philosophy)
Empiricism: The belief that science is the only reliable way to get knowledge (the atheist belief)
- - In essence, they say, “Science is the only way to know knowledge— I know because science has told me this”
- - - Interestingly, science can’t tell you this…
- - It is like saying… “The Bible is God’s Word and I can trust it— I know because the Bible tells me.”
- - Empiricism involves circular reasoning and it is even self-defeating!

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