Critique, especially in philosophical contexts - where it is the translation of the German word Kritik - has clearer meaning than "criticism". Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word (Confusingly, the adjectival form of both critique and criticism is critical, making some uses ambiguous: e. In Grammar, an adjective is a word whose main syntactic role is to modify a Noun or Pronoun, giving more information about the g. , "critical theory"). In the Humanities and Social sciences, critical theory is the examination and critique of Society and Literature, drawing from knowledge across In this broadly political context, a critique is a systematic inquiry into the conditions and consequences of a concept or set of concepts, and an attempt to understand its limitations. The term "concept" is traced back to 1554–60 ( l conceptum - something conceived but what is today termed "the classical theory of concepts" is the theory of Aristotle A critical perspective, in this sense, is the opposite of a dogmatic one. Dogma (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas, Greek, plural) is the established Belief or In philosophy, this sense of the word was defined by Immanuel Kant, who wrote:

We deal with a concept dogmatically…if we consider it as contained under another concept of the object which constitutes a principle of reason and determine it in conformity with this. Immanuel Kant (ɪmanuəl kant 22 April 1724 12 February 1804 was an 18th-century German Philosopher from the Prussian city of Königsberg But we deal with it merely critically if we consider it only in reference to our cognitive faculties and consequently to the subjective conditions of thinking it, without undertaking to decide anything about its object. (Critique of Judgment sec. 74)

Later thinkers used the word critique, in a broader version of Kant's sense of the word, to mean the systematic inquiry into the limits of a doctrine or set of concepts (for instance, much of Karl Marx's work was in the critique of political economy). Doctrine (Latin doctrina) is a codification of beliefs or "a body of teachings quot or "instructions" taught principles or positions as the Political economy originally was the term for studying production buying and selling and their relations with law custom and government

The cultural studies approach to criticism arises out of critical theory. Cultural studies is an academic discipline which combines Political economy, Communication, Sociology, Social theory, Literary theory It treats cultural products and their reception as sociological evidence, which may be sceptically examined to divine wider social ills such as racism or gender bias. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that

Formal and casual critiques often use rhetoric to persuade the reader, audience, or opponent. Rhetoric has had many definitions no simple definition can do it justice Weakly supported arguments (induction, appeal to rewards or authority, chain of improbabilities (e. g. , Butterfly effect), appeal to analogy) tend to parade before a formal conclusion to lead up to a consensus that otherwise might be rejected or revealed as a minority view. The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in Chaos theory. Strong critiques rely on deduction, mathematical proofs, scientific experimentation consensus, and formal logic. Both types of critiques find expression in English position papers, trade journals, periodicals, political and religious leaflets, civic testimony, and judicial cross examination. Pseudo-criticism relies on hidden agendas ( e. g. , propaganda, Yellow_journalism), adolescence, snd Group_think. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Yellow journalism is Journalism that downplays legitimate news in favor of eye-catching headlines that sell more newspapers Groupthink is a type of thought exhibited by group members who try to minimize conflict and reach consensus without critically testing analyzing and evaluating ideas

See also

• Critic
• Criticism[[Category:CriticisMedia:Hello!m]]

The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word The word critic comes from the Greek el κριτικός ( el-Latn kritikós) "able to discern" which in turn derives from the word

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