Isaac Newton and many of the other great scientists of that time understood that they had a particular philosophical view of reality and could therefore separate the two and 'do science' quite well.
Scientists today do not understand that naturalism is a particular philosophy in its own right and therefore unwittingly practice more philosophy than they do science.
Then perhaps they should stop giving out PHD’s to people who receive a doctorate in the physical sciences, since scientists have so chosen to distance themselves from philosophy.
And since the rest of the world recognizes that that is a philosophy in its own right, all the while *scientists* deny that they have a philosophical position, they have just demonstrated that their critical thinking skills are more than lacking, thus rendering them unqualified to practice science at all. All their work should be suspect based on their stunted reasoning skills.