Answer to the Fundamental Question of Philosophy

The fundamental question of philosophy is: "What comes first—matter or consciousness?" The answer to this fundamental question divides philosophy into two camps: materialism (matter is primary) and idealism (consciousness is primary). This research work provides a reasoned answer to this fundamental question of philosophy. Answering this fundamental question of philosophy became possible thanks to my theory of the nature of the universe, which is the most relevant of all existed theories as it bases on the achievements of modern physical science in understanding the laws of the Universe.