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Physics and Metaphysics: Only One Reality

How do we understand the World? How does the Universe behave? What constitute the origin of the Universe? Today, Physics and Metaphysics are two major disciplines that tend to provide continuous indubitable answers to these baffling questions. In pursuit of this, physics adopts an empirical methodology, while metaphysics adopts a transcendental methodology. From here, it is obvious that even though their goals are the same, the methodologies employed by both disciplines, differs from each other. But the real questions are; Which of these disciplines can be said to have provided a suitable and indubitable explanation of the World? Which of these disciplines has been able to provide explanation for the origin of the Universe? Before we delve into this assessment, it is expedient that a concise historical background be given. Historically speaking, Natural Philosophy, Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics, were the three main branches of General Philosophy. But as the quest for knowledge of