Natural philosophy

Japanese: natural philosophy(英語表記)naturalphilosophy
Natural philosophy

…It refers to systematic knowledge about nature, but is often used in contrast to the humanities and social sciences. In English, the term "natural science" was not used until the 18th century, and "natural philosophy" was the closest concept. The French word "science" was probably used as a concept close to today's "natural science" from the earliest times, and when the adjective "nature" is added to make "science naturelle," it is closer to the concept of "natural history." …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "natural philosophy" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…自然についての体系的な知識を指すが,とくに人文科学,社会科学と対比させるときに用いられることが多い。英語では,18世紀までnatural scienceという使い方はなく,natural philosophyが近い概念であった。フランス語のscienceはおそらく最も古くから今日の〈自然科学〉に近い概念として用いられていたと考えられ,わざわざ〈自然〉を表す形容詞を加えて〈science naturelle〉とする場合はむしろ〈博物誌(自然史)〉の概念に近づく。…

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