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| Modern critics include professionals or amateurs who regularly [[judge]] or interpret performances or other works (such as those of artists, scientists, musicians, or actors), and typically publish their observations, often in periodicals. Critics are numerous in certain fields, including [[art]], [[music]], [[film]], theatre or [[drama]], restaurant, and scientific publication critics. | | Modern critics include professionals or amateurs who regularly [[judge]] or interpret performances or other works (such as those of artists, scientists, musicians, or actors), and typically publish their observations, often in periodicals. Critics are numerous in certain fields, including [[art]], [[music]], [[film]], theatre or [[drama]], restaurant, and scientific publication critics. |
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| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1. The [[action]] of criticizing, or passing [[judgement]] upon the qualities or [[merit]]s of anything; esp. the passing of unfavourable judgement; fault-finding, censure. | | *1. The [[action]] of criticizing, or passing [[judgement]] upon the qualities or [[merit]]s of anything; esp. the passing of unfavourable judgement; fault-finding, censure. |
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| Notable scholars of the [[Post-Structuralist]] [[tradition]] have often emphasized the self referential [[nature]] of all criticism. [[Stanley Fish]] argues that all [[interpretatio]]ns are [[subjective]] projections and have no inherent [[meaning]]; therefore, the critic undermines himself for he undermines only his own interpretation. Thus, concludes Fish, all criticism is self criticism. | | Notable scholars of the [[Post-Structuralist]] [[tradition]] have often emphasized the self referential [[nature]] of all criticism. [[Stanley Fish]] argues that all [[interpretatio]]ns are [[subjective]] projections and have no inherent [[meaning]]; therefore, the critic undermines himself for he undermines only his own interpretation. Thus, concludes Fish, all criticism is self criticism. |
| ==Footnotes== | | ==Footnotes== |
− | # [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2360047 Kritikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus] | + | # [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2360047 Kritikos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus] |
− | # [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2360045 Krites, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus] | + | # [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2360045 Krites, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus] |
− | # [http://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article.aspx?ref=519082 The Harvard Crimson], "To be a critic is to trade transcendence in for self-awareness and proficiency—which is not to say that geniuses don’t know what they’re doing...genius involves a sort of freefall, brave, bold and fluent, that most of us aren’t capable of." | + | # [https://www.thecrimson.harvard.edu/article.aspx?ref=519082 The Harvard Crimson], "To be a critic is to trade transcendence in for self-awareness and proficiency—which is not to say that geniuses don’t know what they’re doing...genius involves a sort of freefall, brave, bold and fluent, that most of us aren’t capable of." |
| # Paul Guyer, ed (2003). Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgement: Critical Essays. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0742514196. | | # Paul Guyer, ed (2003). Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgement: Critical Essays. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0742514196. |
| ==See Also== | | ==See Also== |
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| Textual criticism | | Textual criticism |
| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
− | * [http://www.citigraphics.net/jenner/djenner/archive/CritiqueAndCriticalThinking.pdf What "Critical" means in "Critical Thinking"] by Donald Jenner | + | * [https://www.citigraphics.net/jenner/djenner/archive/CritiqueAndCriticalThinking.pdf What "Critical" means in "Critical Thinking"] by Donald Jenner |
− | * [http://www.HintLibrary.com HintLibrary - Send constructive critics] | + | * [https://www.HintLibrary.com HintLibrary - Send constructive critics] |
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| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |