Natural philosophy encompassed all Natural phenomena of the physical world.
Although this began slowly to change in the late Middle Ages, a much more thoroughgoing union of Natural philosophy and mathem.
By contrast, the exact mathematical sciences were narrowly confined to various computations that did not involve physical causes, functioning totally independently of Natural philosophy.
It sought to discover the physical causes of all Natural effects and was little concerned with mathematics.
Natural philosophy encompassed all Natural phenomena of the physical world