Circa 1954, my physicist father met with Albert Einstein at the Institute for Advanced Study to discuss unified field theory. Einstein, it turned out, was more interested in the philosophy of physics than the math, a topic equally of interest to my dad.  See https://lnkd.in/eDXhC-x8  Mathematics and philosophy of physics have relevance for a field where theory cannot yet be fully tested. But in clinical research and health outcomes, we have an abundance of data, testing, and empirical evidence, yet few explanations for what is really causing the outcome (what is going on).