Ibn Rushd Special Issue (Vol 10 No 2 Nov 2026)

Ibn Rushd (1126–1198), known in the Western world as Averroes, was the greatest philosopher, jurist, and physician to emerge from al-Andalus. While he represented the highest point of the Peripatetic (Aristotelian) tradition in Islamic philosophy, he also played a significant role as a bridge in the transformation of Scholastic thought in medieval Europe and in the preparation for the Renaissance.

Through his work on the relationship between philosophy and religion, he emphasized the necessity of philosophy and defended it by writing a counter-critique to al-Ghazali’s criticisms of philosophers. Ibn Rushd’s greatest contribution was his comprehensive commentaries –the “Long”, “Middle”, and “Short”– on Aristotle’s works. These works, which were translated into Hebrew and Latin, were so influential that in medieval Europe he was known simply as “the Commentator”. He sought to free Aristotle from the Neoplatonic interpretations of his time and offer a reading more faithful to the text itself. Although his ideas remained limited to the Islamic world, they had a tremendous impact in medieval Europe thanks to their Latin and Hebrew translations. The school of thought known as “Averroism” shaped philosophical debates, particularly at the universities of Paris and Padua; his ideas on the distinction between reason and revelation (views sometimes interpreted as the “double truth”) both influenced Christian scholastics and sparked controversy.

In celebration of the 900th anniversary of his birth, we are planning this issue of Entelekya Logico-Metaphysical Review as a special issue dedicated to Ibn Rushd. We welcome your submissions in the fields of logic and metaphysics, as well as rational psychology, rational theology, philosophy of nature, and political philosophy.