The logic of critique

This paper attempts to define the concept of critique, explain its function and properties and distinguish it from the close concept of evaluation. It is argued that, beyond the argument, a critique is concerned with the position of the proponent relatively to the reality the argument is about. Moreover, a critique is itself an argument in which assumptions regarding the position of the proponent are justified for a given audience on the basis of the proponent's argumentative background within a specific domain. © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006.