2.2.10 Using sources

In this activity test your knowledge of how to effectively use and correctly reference a source.

The excerpt below comes from an original text by Nuttall (2002). Read this paragraph and keep it in mind as you work through each of the five multiple choice questions.

Original text: Philosophy can be divided into three main areas: metaphysics, dealing with the nature of the world at the most abstract level; epistemology, dealing with whether or not we can have knowledge of this world; and moral and political philosophy, dealing with the questions of conduct within the world.

Reference: Nuttall, J. (2002). An introduction to philosophy. Polity Press.

Have these five students used this source correctly?

1. Student's text: There are three main areas of philosophy which are: metaphysics, to do with the nature of the world; epistemology, which is about whether or not we know the world; and moral and political philosophy, that is about our behaviour within the world (Nuttall, 2002).

  1. Yes
  2. No

2. Student's text: Metaphysics, epistemology, and moral and political philosophy are the three main areas of philosophy.

  1. Yes
  2. No

3. Student's text: According to Nuttall (2002), there are three key areas in philosophy which he lists are metaphysics, epistemology, and moral and political philosophy.

  1. Yes
  2. No

4. Student's text: One of the three main areas of philosophy is metaphysics which deals "with the nature of the world at the most abstract level" (Nuttall, 2002, p.10).

  1. Yes
  2. No

5. Student's text: Philosophy deals with questions about how we relate to the world - its nature, our understanding of it, and how we behave in it (Nuttall, 2002).

  1. Yes
  2. No