Iranian Journal of Information Processing & Management (Dec 2023)
Criticism and evaluation of form and content of the thesaurus of Islamic philosophy Islamic Science and Culture Research Institute
Abstract
The upcoming article, which is based on the method of library research and interpretation and analysis, is a fundamental and practical research research, with a critical attitude in the book of Thesaurus of Islamic Philosophy of the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, and its qualitative evaluation and criticism with the aim of explaining its shortcomings. and their subsequent reviews in the editions to achieve modernity, development and respond to the needs of users with the growing knowledge of Islamic philosophy. Qualitative assessment is in two parts, form and substance. Form assessment including the assessment of alphabetical order, calligraphy, Arabicization, Farsi or Arabic terms. And the substantive evaluation includes the evaluation of the introduction, the geometric concept of science and its prior relations. The findings of the research in the form section include the extensive use of Arabic words, lack of cross-references, lack of division, lack of sufficient use of domain notes, non-standard use of descriptors, non-observance of alphabetical order in the alphabetical display of terms, and the presence of spelling mistakes. . The findings of the research in the substantive part include the explanation of defects in the geometrical structure of philosophy and the hierarchical relationships of terms, as well as the explanation of the error in understanding philosophical concepts and the previous semantic relationships of terms, which in some cases are caused by the error in understanding philosophical concepts or the confusion of concepts and terms. It is characteristic of philosophical systems of illumination, walk and sublime wisdom, which need to be resolved; Because this thesaurus has been accepted by scientific centers as a basis for storing, searching and retrieving information and is being translated in other countries. The proposal of the research is to recommend strict adherence to the thesaurus writing standards in the compilation of such specialized thesauruses, in addition to paying attention to the differences of different schools in the philosophical foundations, which requires the use of expert professors in each school to explain the meanings of terms and their previous relationships. The purpose is to avoid the confusion of verbal commonalities and to protect future researches from this damage.
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