The Network Approach in Interpretation of the Qur'an, as an Infrastructure for Achieving the Ontology of the Qur'an
The introduction of how to achieve to “religious science” and “Islamic humanities”, and the inefficiency or inadequacy of relying on single propositions in narrative evidence to solve the problems raised in humanities, is the reason for paying attention to the necessity of developing a method for the discovery of “theories” with emphasis on Quran and hadiths. The “network approach” is a platform to answer this necessity. The network approach is an attempt to discover the maximum number of variables related to a subject and clarify the relationships between them so that a desired effect can be achieved from the results of these relationships. On the other hand, theories are formed based on the type of relationships between variables related to each other that their results lead to an effect for this reason they can be responsible for explaining and predicting. In complex theories, it is necessary to use the logic of systems and the network approach, which is based on the definition of at least 25 types of main relationships, and the determination of these extensive relationships causes the formation of “ontology” in the subject in question, which is an infrastructure for using “artificial intelligence” for new processes in the subject and achieving new results. In this article, these relationships are presented and an attempt has been made to explore a part of the anthology contained in the verse “This Book, there is no doubt in it, is a guide to those who guardas” as case study using them.
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A Network of Conceptual Relations of "Right" in the Qur'an (Ontology of the Right in the Qur'an)
ABDOLHAMID VASETI *
Journal of Quranic Studies,