Luiz ASTORGA

Naturalism in Averroes and its implications for the relationship between Philosophy and Religion

El naturalismo en Averroes y sus consecuencias para la relación entre Filosofía y Religión

Published in Monastic and Scholastic Philosophy in the Middle Ages

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The purpose of these pages is to present Averroes’ opinion concerning the possibility of supernatural events, as well as its consequences to the relationship that, according to that wise Cordobese, should exist between philosophy and religion. To this end, we will take into account certain central aspects of Averroes’ thought, especially his famous debate with Algazel (the Tahafut al Tahafut) and his Decisive Treatise (Fasl al Maqal).