The First Special International Philosophy Conference on Ibn Rushd (Averroe͏̈s) and Enlightenment which is, as the same time, the Fifth Afro Asian Philosophy Conference org. by the Afro-Asian Philosophy Association. Also includes papers delivered at a follow-up conference on "Averroe͏̈s and his influence: remembering George Hourani" held at the Center for Inquiry and the State University of New York at Buffalo