  Contrary to claims about the irrelevance of philosophy for science, I argue
that philosophy has had, and still has, far more influence on physics than is
commonly assumed. I maintain that the current anti-philosophical ideology has
had damaging effects on the fertility of science. I also suggest that recent
important empirical results, such as the detection of the Higgs particle and
gravitational waves, and the failure to detect supersymmetry where many
expected to find it, question the validity of certain philosophical assumptions
common among theoretical physicists, inviting us to engage in a clearer
philosophical reflection on scientific method.
