Lecture 1: Introduction to Islam and Science
Lecture 2: The Transmission and Development of Science in Medieval Islam
Lecture 3: The decline of Islamic science and the rise of science in Europe
Lecture 4: The 17th century scientific revolution in Europe and its non-occurrence in the Islamic World
Lecture 5: The Al Ghazali Factor: A Discussion
Lecture 6: Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals and Their Response to Modern Science and Technology – Part 1
Lecture 7: Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals and Their Response to Modern Science and Technology – Part 2
Lecture 8: Islam and Contemporary Philosophy of Science – Part 1
Lecture 9: Islam and Contemporary Philosophy of Science – Part 2
Lecture 1: Islam and Science: Introduction and Course Overview (slides)
Lecture 2: The Transmission and Development of
Science in Medieval Islam (slides)
Lecture 3: The decline of Islamic science and
the rise of science in Europe (slides)
Lecture 4: The 17th century scientific revolution in Europe and its non-occurrence in the Islamic world - Part 1 (slides)
Lecture 5: The 17th century scientific revolution
in Europe and its non-occurrence in the Islamic world - Part 2 (slides)
Lecture 6: Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals
and Their Response to Modern Science and Technology - Part 1 (slides)
Lecture 7: Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals and Their Response to
Modern Science and Technology Part 2 (slides)
Lecture 8: Islam and Contemporary Philosophy of Science (slides)
ISLAM AND SCIENCE
Prof Dr. Mohd Hazim Shah
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Abstract
In this series of lectures on “Islam and Science”, I will explore the question of Islam and Science from various angles, perspectives and dimensions, while referring to the accumulated literature on the subject over the years. The relationship between Islam and Science will be viewed from its historical, philosophical and contemporary aspects.
I will begin by looking at the relationship between Islam and Science from a historical perspective; looking at how science was transmitted to Islamic civilisation from Greek sources, its development within Islam itself, the question of the place of science in medieval Islamic culture, and the re-transmission of Greco-Islamic science to European civilisation beginning in the 12th century. The historical section will end with a discussion on the decline of Islamic science, and the debates surrounding the question of why Islamic civilisation did not give rise to the Scientific Revolution.
Continuing on the historical path, I will examine the rise of colonialism by western powers, its impact on Islamic civilisation, and how the relationship between Islam and science was affected by western imperialism. The importance of reflecting on the influence of colonialism on science in Islam lies mainly in its impact on the development of science in Islamic culture and civilisation, and the attempt by Muslim societies to recover authenticity in a post-colonial world.
Next, I will look at the responses made by Muslim intellectuals on the question of Islam and Science, the issues discussed, and the resolutions made. Philosophical and epistemological questions on the nature of scientific and religious knowledge, and the compatibility of science and Islam will be discussed. The responses made towards modern science and technology by Muslim intellectuals will then be compared to the responses made by western historians and philosophers of science, and lessons will be drawn from the comparison.
Finally, I will end by looking at Islam and science from a contemporary perspective, looking at the issues that have plagued the relationship between Islam and science in the contemporary world, which not only involved historical and philosophical aspects/dimensions, but also relates to economic development and social policies.
Lecture Title
1 Introduction and Overview
2 The Transmission of Science to Islamic Civilisation
3 The Rise and Decline of Science in Islamic Civilisation
4 Colonialism and Its Impact on Science in Muslim Societies
5 The Response of Muslim Intellectuals to Modern Science and Technology
6 Islam and Contemporary Philosophy of Science
7 Contemporary Science and Technology and the Muslim Dilemma
Readings (click title to download):
Islam & Science. Edited by Usama Hasan and Athar Osama
Edited by Mohamed El-Tahir El-Mesawi
03. The Rise of Modern Science: Islam and the West by Maisarah Hasbullah and Mohd Hazim Shah Abdul Murad
04. Contemporary Muslim Intellectuals and Their Responses to Modern Science and Technology by Mohd Hazim Shah
05. Muzaffar Iqbal - Science and Islam-Greenwood Press (2007)
06. Jan P. Hogendijk, Abdelhamid I. Sabra - The Enterprise of Science in Islam_ New Perspectives (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology) (2003)
07. Pervez Hoodbhoy - Islam and Science_ Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality-Zed Books (1991)
08 Toby E. Huff - The Rise of Early Modern Science _ Islam, China, and the West (Second Edition)-Cambridge UP (2009)
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