In this course we will look at both western and non-western perspectives on science. For the western perspective on science, we will look at the main schools of thought in contemporary philosophy of science, and provide a brief acount of its evolutionary development. In this context, we will provide an exposition of the philosophies of science of the Logical Positivists, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Feyerabend, and the Post-Modernists. For the Islamic perspective on science, we will look at the ideas of S.H. Nasr, Syed Naguib Al-Attas, and Ziauddin Sardar, especially in relation to the “Islamization of Knowledge/Science” discourse.  Apart from the Islamic view, we will also look at various Oriental perspectives on science such as the Buddhist and Taoist. Among the issues discussed are: (i) scientific rationality (ii) modernist and post-modernist perspectives on science (iii) western and non-western perspectives on science (iv) science and universalism.