Critical approach of Averroes about the use of reason and its Presence in the western philosophical thinking

Averroes’ Rationalism is one of the influential components of the Western philosophy. One of the central aspects of his rationalism is his criticism of the limits of using the reason. This study has been reviewed the deep of this criticism and its presence in the philosophical thought of the West. T...

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Main Author: Sajjad Yousefi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Tabriz, Faculty of Literature and Forigen Languages 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Philosophical Investigations
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Online Access:http://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_3389_375.html
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Summary:Averroes’ Rationalism is one of the influential components of the Western philosophy. One of the central aspects of his rationalism is his criticism of the limits of using the reason. This study has been reviewed the deep of this criticism and its presence in the philosophical thought of the West. The research method, on the one hand, is analyzing the content and the genealogy of the issue on the other hand. Here I try to clarify the Islamic and Western philosophy relationship in this case, and the interactions between both approaches
ISSN:2251-7960
2423-4419