The Goal of Islamic Human Sciences in Allama Tabatabai's View

The goals chosen by researchers for doing research in human sciences have considerable role in the way the issues are selected, compiled and specified in human sciences. The goal of a research is dependent somewhat on the nature of the subject and somewhat on the motivations and values accepted by the researcher. The different views of Islamic researchers on the nature of the subject as well as adoption of Islamic values accepted by them make Islamic human sciences manifest somehow different from existing human sciences. Allama Tabatabai, as one of the prominent Islamic thinkers, has theorized in some issues pertaining to human sciences. Considering his approach and scrutiny in evidences existing in his “theory of relative things” guide us into the idea that human sciences, in his view, can be conformed with “practical sciences”; and consequently, the final goal of human sciences is presenting musts and must nots for realization of Islamic ideal system – a system wherein the conditions are ready for perfection of the individual and society in a favorite form and according to value teachings of Islam. In Allama’s view, thus, in addition to explanation and interpretation, criticism and presenting desirable norms fall under the category of goals of human sciences in order to delineate the ideal system.