Well what is commonly called 'science' today seems to carry on as the philosophy-which-must-be-right(-so-all-others-are-wrong). If it's going to claim the birthright to be the 500 lb. canary in all arenas of human thought, something's gotta give.
Fair point, Red Zone -- I guess I was lucky in my science teachers, they gave me a powerful methodology for working things out, not a set of infallible doctrines.
In my book, any one teaching that science is 'final truth' ain't teaching science!