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A critic (from Greek ''κριτικός, kritikós - one who discerns'', from Ancient Greek ''κριτής, krités'', a Judge ) is a person who offers reasoned judgement or analysis, Value Judgement , interpretation, or observation. The term can also be used to describe an adherent of a position disagreeing with or opposing the object of criticism. Critics include professionals or amateurs who regularly judge or interpret Performance s or other works (such as that of Artist s, Scientist s, Musician s or Actor s) and, typically, publish their observations, often in Periodical s. Critics are numerous in certain fields, including Art Critic s, Music Critic s, Film Critic s, Theatre or Drama , Restaurant and Scientific Publication critics. Criticism is the activity of judgement or interpretation. In literary and academic contexts, the term most frequently refers to Literary Criticism , Art Criticism , or other such fields, and to scholars' attempts to understand the aesthetic object in depth. In these contexts the term "critic", used without qualification, most frequently refers to a scholar of literature or another art form. In other contexts, the term describes hostility or disagreement with the object of criticism. Often context, and the contentiousness of the subject, are the only differentiating factors. In politics, for instance (as in the phrase "criticism of U.S. Foreign Policy "), ''criticism'' almost exclusively refers to disagreement, while in an academic, artistic, or literary context (as in "criticism of Romantic Poetry ") it usually refers to the activity of interpretation or analysis. Constructive Criticism is the process of offering valid and well-reasoned opinions about the work of others with the intention of helping the recipient rather than an oppositional attitude. This help, however, can be seen as either positive or negative regarding the work, apart from its creator. Critique, especially in Philosophical contexts (where it is used to translate the German word ''Kritik''), has a more clearly defined meaning than ''criticism''. (Confusingly, the Adjectival form of both ''critique'' and ''criticism'' is ''critical'', making some uses ambiguous.) In this 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. A ''critical'' perspective, in this sense, is the opposite of a '' Dogma tic'' one. 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. 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 ). SEE ALSO
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