Ma`rifat Falsafi

The present article claims that through explaining the nature of human sciences by considering the reality of the human being, one may find out that human sciences are indeed human-making sciences. This necessitates that human sciences be, in a true sense, Islamic. Here, the abovementioned claim is resolved into two other claims: firstly, defining human being as an animal with merely theoretical intellect (one who is capable of understanding the universal concepts) is not a complete definition. Rather, human being is an animal that must necessarily follow the practical intellect too, while enjoying the theoretical intellect. Secondly, based on a complete definition of the human being, human sciences are those sciences which are not inconsistent with human’s eternal felicity. If a proposition contradicts the true religion, it is out of the scope of human sciences, although it may be considered similar to them.