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Monday, February 24, 2020

H. P. Grice on 'philosophia' as 'regina consors scientiarum,' not 'regina superana scientiarium'


“Among the critics to 'ordinary-language philosophy are to be found those who are ready to go along with the old description of 'philosophia' as the regina scientiarum but only under a re-interpretation of this phrase.”
regina must be understood to mean not ‘regina superana’ like Victoria or Elizabeth II, but ‘regina consors,’ like Alexandra or Elizabeth the Queen Mother; and the sovereign of which 'philosophia' is 'regina consors' might turn out to be either science in general or just physical science.”

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