The philosophy , I don't understand. I do though , understand the basic premise of scientific endeavour. We pose scientific questions , the scientific research seeks to answer these questions or we make a statement of proposed fact , and we undertake scientific research to confirm or reject that same statement. If we cannot confirm or reject , we make another statement that is informed by the previous research , and on and on goes the process. Its a very mechanical process , the 'question' or 'statement' is specific , or in good science , it should be ; 'let's see what happens' is poor science.