Does Deep Thought Lead to God? Here's a Shallow Answer

[Neo-Scholastic]

Grounds of Being notwithstanding.

And what is your objection to a foundational reality that preserves being throughout change?

… describe the procedures/processes/means whereby their field of "study" adds one whit to humanity's body of knowledge. … they have no data, nor processes, nor knowledge, nor anything tangible.

You present a red herring because you are working contrary to order; philosophy provides the foundational principles on which both the natural sciences and derivative humanities rely. What you call the ‘tangible’ results of the scientific method look to philosophy to interpret their significance. Otherwise you are just doing engineering.