Grice e Zubiena

 Among such assailants were to be found those who, in effect, were ready to go along with the old description of philosophy as "the queen of the sciences', but only under a reinterpretation of this phrase. "Queen' must be understood to mean not

'sovereign queen, like Queen Victoria or Queen Elizabeth II, but

"queen consort', like Queen Alexandra or Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; and the sovereign of which philosophy is the queen-consort might turn out to be either science in general or just physical science.

The primary service which would be expected of philosophy as a consort would be to provide the scientist with a pure or purified language for him to use on formal occasions (should there be such occasions).