Natural philosophy has its origins in Greece during the Archaic period, (650 BCE – 480 BCE), when pre-Socratic philosophers like Thales rejected non-naturalistic explanations for natural phenomena and proclaimed that every event had a natural cause.
Filsafat alam bersumber dari Yunani pada periode Arkais, (650 BCE – 480 BCE), ketika filsuf pra-Sokrates seperti Thales menolak penjelasan non-naturalistik untuk fenomena alam dan menyatakan bahwa setiap kejadian memiliki penyebab alamnya.