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THE ORIGIN OFNATURAL
PHILOSPHY
ARNULFO VILLASFER SANTIAGO, JR.
MAEd in GEN. SCIENCE
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The more I !"d#$ien$e, !he more I
%e&ie'e in God.(
)A&%er! Ein!ein
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NATURAL PHILOSPHY*PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE
Phi&oo+hi$& !"d#o n!"re nd !he
+h#i$& "ni'ere !h! /dominn! %eore !hede'e&o+men! o modern
$ien$e.I! i $onidered !o %e !he+re$"ror o n!"r&
$ien$e "$h Ph#i$.
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Some examples of theapplication of the term Natural
Philosophy" to what we todaywould call Natural science"are I$ Ne/!on0 1687scientic treatise which is !nownas The Mathematical
Principles of NaturalPhilosophyLord 1e&'in nd Pe!er
G"!hrieait#s 1867 treatise
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Ori2in nd E'o&"!ion o !he Term
he term naturalphilosophypreceded ourcurrent natural science%fromthe &atin scientia meanin'"!nowled'e"( when the su)*ect of
that !nowled'e or study is "!he/or3 o n!"re"$Natural philosophy pertains to
the wor! of analysis and
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+n the 16th
centuryJ$o+o4%re&&was
the rst personappointed as a
professor ofNaturalPhilosophy ,, at
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+n the 10th and 1/th
centuries naturalphilosophyreferred to whatis nowphysical science$rom the mid,12thcentury when it )ecame
increasin'ly unusual forscientists to contri)ute to
)oth physics and chemistry$
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Natural philosophy was
distin'uished from the otherprecursor of modernscience natural history inthat the former in.ol.edreasonin' and explanations
a)out nature %andafter 3alileo 4uantitati.e rea
sonin'( whereas the latter
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S$o+e o n!"r&+hi&oo+h#
+n Plato#s earliest !nowndialo'ue Charmidesdistin'uishes)etween scienceor )odies of
!nowled'e that produce a physicalresult and those that do not$
Natural philosophy has )een
cate'ori5ed as a !heore!i$&ratherthan a practical )ranch of philosophy%li!e ethics($ Sciences that 'uide arts
and draw on the philosophical
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he study of natural philosophysee!s to explore the cosmos )y any
means necessary to understand theuni.erse$ Some ideas presupposesthat chan'e is a reality$lthou'h this may seem o).iousthere ha.e )een some philosopherswho ha.e denied the concept ofmetamorphosis such as Plato#spredecessor Prmenideand later
3ree! philosopher Se5!"
!
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rn$ e n " e$!m!!er o N!"r&
Phi&oo+h#ranchesare astronomy and cosmolo'y
the study of nature on the 'randscale9 etiolo'y the study of%intrinsic and sometimes
extrinsic( causes9 the studyof chance pro)a)ility andrandomness9 the study
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the study of matter9 mechanicsthe study of translation ofmotion and chan'e9 the study ofnature or the .arious sources of
actions9 the study ofnatural 4ualities9 the study ofphysical 4uantities9 the study of
relations )etween physicalentities9 and the philosophy ofspace and time$