“The Arbiter of Scientific Legitimacy”: He does not explain the boundaries of a method. He delivers a verdict in the name of the method.
He is not a genuine judge of science, but a figure who appropriates the right to assign the labels “scientific / unscientific” without exposing his own framework, criteria, assumptions, and the boundaries of the method.
Other possible terms (briefly):
- “The Self-Appointed Gatekeeper of Scientific Legitimacy”
- “The Custodian of Scientific Admission”
- “The Custodian of Admissible Knowledge”
- “The Operator of Knowledge Admission”
- “The Operator of the Admissibility Framework”
- “The Authority Granting Admission to Knowledge”
- “The Gatekeeper of Admissible Explanation”
- “The Guardian of the Framework of the Admissible”
- “The Censor of the Framework of the Admissible”
In English
- “The Arbiter of Scientific Legitimacy”
- “The Science Gatekeeper”
- “The Gatekeeper of Scientific Legitimacy”
- “The Arbiter of What Counts as Science”
- “The Guardian of Admissible Knowledge”
- “The Gatekeeper of Admissible Knowledge”
- “The Custodian of Scientific Admissibility”
Short formula:
The problem is not a dispute about truth, but control over admission to what is permitted to count as knowledge.
