PHLOSOPHY IN MUSLIM SPAIN

Averroes and philosophy in Islamic Spain constitute a unitary article in the history of
philosophy. Averroes makes up a unity with philosophy in Islamic Spain, or, as it is called,
Andalusian philosophy. This article notes that the structure of substances, the position of
philosophy with regard to revelation and its function in society, represented, back then, the
main focuses of Andalusian philosophy in metaphysics, rational theology, and political
philosophy. They all run through Averroes's predecessors and culminate in Averroes, thus
making the philosophical debate fundamentally one and coherent. Major figures in this
debate are Ibn Bājja (Avempace), Ibn Ṭufayl (Abubacer), and Ibn Rushd (Averroes).