Critical Philip thinking analysis

1. Project: Analysis of the official resolution to implement the IEPS Tax to sugar beverages
Purpose: To analyze the claims, affirmations, arguments and inferences, that appear on the
resolution text in which a new special tax on sugar-sweetened beverages was approved in
2013 in Mexico.
1. What are the argumentsof the DOF article?
- Highconsumptionof sugaraddedpaperscontributestoobesity.
- ObesityishighlyprevalentinMexico.
- Obesityiscontributingtosignificantmorbidityandmortality.
2. Whichconsistenciesorinconsistenciesdofindin the document?
Consistencies: There is probablysome evidence tosupportthatexcessive carbohydrate
consumptionisanimportantcontributingfactortoobesity.
Inconsistencies: There isnodata to supportthe assumptionthatobesityisprevalentinMexico.
3. Whichby biasesor errors did you findin the arguments (bad argument, fallacies,
admissions,false inferencesanddeceptive statistics)?
It seemsthere issome evidence of thatcorrelationisinterpretedascausation,itseemsalso
there isoversimplification,obesityisthe resultof multiple factors,andminimizingthese to
onlyexcessive sugarintake isunlikelytobe helpfulin tacklingthe issue.
4. Can conclusionsbe drawn from the arguments?
It’sverydifficulttobe certainthatit taxationwill change people'shabits.
5. Is the person'spointof viewderivedfrom hisor her research?
There isnot enoughinformationtoanswerthisquestion,nodetailsof the resourcesor
referencesforthe informationintext.
6. How are you orderingyour arguments (to avoid being unfocused)?
I will have a clearobjectives,clearandfocusedmessage,thiswilldependonthe topicin
question,the stakeholdersandthe targetaudience.
Checklist Complies Doesn’tcomply
1. Describedthe argumentsfromthe text. ✓
2. Identifiedconsistencies orinconsistenciesinthe
arguments
✓
3. Detectedomissionis,fallacies,fallsinFrancisand
deceptive statistics
✓
4. Criticallyanalyzedthe Kohl'sof obesityindicatedin
the text
✓
5. Presentedapersonal conclusionaboutthe content
of the decree.
✓
6. Orderedhisor heror her augmentation? ✓