A Survey of Ibn Rushd's Critique of Ibn Sina in Metaphysical Philosophy

Ibn Rushd has critiqued Ibn Sina’s philosophical ideas especially in five areas: 1- the problem of emanation and the rule of the one, 2- explanation of creation and the problem of celestial spheres, 3- origination of the world and Ibn Sina’s method of its affirmation, 4- perception of the soul, 5- the issue of the augmentation of being quiddity.One of the main arguments is that some of Ibn Sina’s opinions are not rooted in Aristotelian philosophy. Another refers to conflicts introduced in Ibn Sina’s thought. Ibn Rushd tries to demonstrate these conflicts and inconsistencies.