I agree and admit I probably didn't phrase that too well >Philosophy isn’t a method for directly determining facts, but trying to determine what is factual is

I agree and admit I probably didn't phrase that too well >Philosophy isn’t a method for directly determining facts, but trying to determine what is factual is intrinsically linked to a philosophical foundation of ideas. Absolutely, although I would add that it seems to me that the majority of people don't distinguish the axioms that underpin our current understanding of the universe (e.g facts and objective "things") as being strictly an upstream philosophical decision leading to our downstream science from just science itself.