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Source criticism. Source criticism (or information evaluation) is the process of evaluating an information source, i.e.: a document, a person, a speech, a fingerprint, a photo, an observation, or anything used in order to obtain knowledge. In relation to a given purpose, a given information source may be more or less valid, reliable or relevant.
Metaphysics of presence. [edit] Main article: Metaphysics of presence. Derrida describes the task of deconstruction as the identification of metaphysics of presence, or logocentrism in western philosophy. Metaphysics of presence is the desire for immediate access to meaning, the privileging of presence over absence.
Thematic analysis is used in qualitative research and focuses on examining themes or patterns of meaning within data. [12] This method can emphasize both organization and rich description of the data set and theoretically informed interpretation of meaning. [1] Thematic analysis goes beyond simply counting phrases or words in a text (as in ...
Criticism. Criticism is the construction of a judgement about the negative or positive qualities of someone or something. Criticism can range from impromptu comments to a written detailed response. [1] Criticism falls into several overlapping types including "theoretical, practical, impressionistic, affective, prescriptive, or descriptive". [2]
Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic study of a written or oral discourse. Although critique is frequently understood as fault finding and negative judgment, [1] it can also involve merit recognition, and in the philosophical tradition it also means a methodical practice of doubt. [1] The contemporary sense of critique has been ...
Textual criticism. Textual criticism[a] is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants, or different versions, of either manuscripts (mss) or of printed books. Such texts may range in dates from the earliest writing in cuneiform, impressed on clay, for example ...
Historical criticism (also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism) is a branch of criticism that investigates the origins of ancient texts to understand "the world behind the text" [1] and emphasizes a process that "delays any assessment of scripture's truth and relevance until after the act of interpretation has been carried out". [2]
Rhetoric. Narrative criticism focuses on the stories a speaker or a writer tells to understand how they [clarification needed] help us make meaning out of our daily human experiences. Narrative theory is a means by which we can comprehend how we impose order on our experiences and actions by giving them a narrative form.