natural philosophy
noun/ˌnætʃrəl fəˈlɒsəfi/
/ˌnætʃrəl fəˈlɑːsəfi/
[uncountable] (old use)- the study of the physical world, which developed into the natural sciences
- western developments in natural philosophy
- Physics was then a branch of natural philosophy.
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