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Is physics a part of philosophy?

First of all, sorry for my ignorance in philosophy.

I am currently majoring in physics, and I've been wondering how physics connects to pholosophy, since both physicists and philosophers asks much of the same questions about nature. Is physics part of philosophy or are they different branches that have arisen from a logic foundation, with physics using mathematics as a logical system and  analogously philosophy using language? Or is this all nonsense?
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Historically, physics came from what was called natural philosophy. It used to be that there was no real separation between the two. 

Now, there's clearly separate departments where philosophy and physics get studied. They have different methodologies, and different goals. But even in the present day, there are important interactions between the two. 

For example, there is a serious debate going on right now about whether String Theory counts as scientific. That debate involves both physicists, who know the details of String Theory, and philosophers of physics, who are experts in the question of what counts as 'scientific'. 

So while they're separate disciplines now, they still interact in important ways.