ORTAÇAĞ BATI FELSEFESİNİN OLUŞUMUNDA İSLAM BÖLGESİ FELSEFESİNİN YERİ VE ROLÜ

The article presents the influence of the Medieval Philosophy of the Islamic cultural region on the formation and development of the West-European philosophy. Referring to the researches of the scholars from England, Turkey, Russia and Iran it identifies the place and role of Ibn Rushd’s (Averroes’) and Ibn Sina’s (Avicenna’s) legacy in the formation and development of the philosophy and independent thought in Medieval Europe. The article points out the special role of Averroes’ and Avicenna’s ideas in the history of the world cultural legacy which they played in the establishment of the first faculties of philosophy at the Universities in France and Italy.