The Conventional and Humanities from the Perspective of Allameh Tabatabai

Determining the essence of the concepts and propositions used in the theories of humanities is one of the basic discussions of the philosophy of humanities. The essence of these concepts and propositions absolutely depends on the essence of the subject of these sciences. One of the most outstanding Islamic scholars, Allameh Tabatabai, practically theorizes some aspects of humanities. Studying his approach in these theorizations, especially in his Al-Mizan interpretation, and reflecting on the context of his theory of the conventional shows that in his idea, the subjects of the humanities may be divided into two main groups: real and conventional; and most of them are social-conventional subjects mentally created by social actors. As a conclusion most of the concepts and propositions used in the theories of humanities are conventional; this has a great impact on the purpose and method of these sciences. In other words it expands the purpose of research to understanding, interpreting, and criticizing the present condition and leads to sketching an ideal system and makes it necessary to have a comprehensional the formation of a syllogism – the dialectical form - and theorization in these subjects. Posing these kinds of subjects also helps the researcher in the production of Islamic humanities to choose a correct and appropriate purpose and method in the different subjects of humanities.