 Expansion of computational philosophy in the intersection with big data seems an exciting prospect for social and political philosophy, in the analysis of belief change, and in understanding the social and historical dynamics of philosophy of science (Overton 2013; Pence &amp; Ramsey 2018). A particular benefit would be better prospects for validation of a range of simulations and agent-based models, as emphasized above (Mäs 2019; Reijula &amp; Kuorikoski 2019). If computational philosophy moves in that promising direction, however, it may take on a more empirical character in some respects. Emphasis on general and abstract understanding and concern with the normative will remain marks of a philosophical approach, but the membrane between some topic areas in philosophy and aspects of computational science can be expected to become more permeable.