Overview: This note gives an example of an Making Arguments.

The example is this web article: Can You Microwave Plastic? by Gavin Van De Walle and published by healthline.com.

Issue in Critical Thinking: “Is it safe to microwave plastic?”. Notice that this issue is framed as a simple question.

Conclusions: The claim is this: “you should avoid microwaving plastic, unless it’s labeled for this specific use.”

Reasoning: The article has many Premises.

Figure 1 gives an example of the three of he reasons that are used in the argument.

Figure 1 Screen shot that illustrates some of the reasoning.

In this example, also note the use of Citations which tell use the sources of the information.

Facts

1. This example shows the end result of CT which is an Making Arguments.

2. The Roles in Critical Thinking involves many more actions that are rarely shown. For example, Research is needed to effectively deal with many issues. However, we rarely can observe an example of a person doing research while the research is ongoing.