Beatiful picture: Philosophy as the mother of science (which it actually is!), giving them the tools in order to make there way on their own from a certain point. Love it! ;) But I would disagree on the point that these fields, although 'mature', do not need the help of their 'mother' anymore. We all continue being children, aren't we?

Oh I made no claim of total independence. Simply the ability to speak for themselves to any degree at all. Science is science, math is math, linguistics is linguistics; but still we need the philosophy of science, mathematics, and language.

Then we totally agree - although philosophers. To cite Astérix (The Twelve Tasks of Asterix): DID YOU HEAR THAT, OH ALMIGHTY GODS? DID YOU HEAR THAT?