Science must produce a legitimating philosophical discourse about its own rules

Evidence

Science has always been in conflict with narratives. Judged by the yardstick of science, the majority of them prove to be fables. … It then produces a discourse of legitimation with respect to its own status, a discourse called philosophy. — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 87

Categorization

• DEFINE: Explains why science produces philosophy: to legitimate its own rules, which motivates the whole metanarrative structure.
• XREF: connects to: Scientific neutrality is itself metaphysical and masks domination — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 43; Established science rationalizes the prevailing world without altering its existential structure. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 611; The people’s consensus and scientific consensus are the same legitimation model — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on…, 251 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Scientific legitimation rests on consensus among experts about language rules #expands (0.82) — Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition, 324