I'm not implying that scientists have any explicit philosophical assumptions. I'm saying that science is part of a grand humanistic enterprise, which I call Promethean, Faustian, or (ironically) "Satanic." This is an existential revolt against the wilderness. But that revolt can happen without everyone recognizing exactly what they're part of.

What I'm doing is calling attention to the process. The more we think about it, the more we're doing philosophy, but we can be part of the underlying process without thinking about what we're doing. Philosophy is meta-awareness (ultimately, enlightenment). But we have plenty of blind spots.