  In this essay the ontological structure of reality is explored. The question
of reducibility of biology to physics is considered in the context of their
ultimate principles. It is shown that biology is an ontologically autonomous
science and is based on its own, independent ultimate principle that is
independent from that of physics. In the next step it is shown that
self-consciousness represents a separate realm with its own, ontologically
autonomous, ultimate principle. Understanding that reality is based on ultimate
principles, a new possibility arises to interpret the origin of physical laws.
