[quus]

I’m not sure what your professor writing some book with a vague title is meant to show. Am I supposed to google this to find the thesis?

Yes, there is a sub area called philosophy of science, and many people in that area are trained in philosophy and science. But I’m unsure why you think philosophers are supposed to be getting empirical facts about physics right ahead of the physicists. That’s not their job.

[Balgair]

I mean, I gotta ask now, right?

What is their job then?

[quus]

sounds like you don’t know what philosophy is and why it’s dope, so rather than me try to explain in a comment on hackernews, I would say try reading Plato

[Balgair]

Believe it or not, I'm going through my third read-through of his entire works right now (yes, even Cratylus).

But the question still stands: What is the job?