The Evolution of Science

Many years ago the predominant thought about how we find the answers to the big questions of life was that there were some things that were unexplained and unexplainable. The way of things was determined by fate or by the gods and there was nothing you could do about it so you had to accept things the way they were. Then came a new train of thought that said that we could figure things out by thinking them through with logic and reason. The answers to questions lay in the intellect. Still later, the precepts of modern science were developed and are now accepted as the way to find the answers. Scientists consider a question, propose a theory, test the theory according to a specific set of rules and either support or disprove it. Looking at history, humanity has developed more accurate ways to answer questions as time went on. I wonder if it's time for the next step.
I don't think the debate between evolution and intelligent design will be solved by the current scientific process. The existence of a creator is hard to reproduce or create an experiment for. Many steps in the evolutionary process are hard to reproduce or create an experiment for. We can't recreate the big bang. The creation of the first cell from non-living matter has already been dis proven by Louis Pasteur in his swan neck flask experiment. Maybe this debate needs some kind of combination of science, logic, and reason. Maybe the next step in our search for answers will be a philosophical science. I could see a set of rules developing around the current precepts of science with moves into logic where the science process doesn't result in a conclusive result.