Editing Internalism and externalism (section)

== Historiography of science<!--'Historiographical internalism' and 'Historiographical externalism' redirect here--> ==
{{see also|Rational reconstruction}}
'''Internalism in the [[historiography of science]]'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> claims that science is completely distinct from [[social influence]]s and pure natural science can exist in any society and at any time given the intellectual capacity.<ref name=Guide>Steve Fuller, "Internalism versus Externalism" in Arne Hessenbruch (ed.), ''Reader's Guide to the History of Science'', Routledge, 2013.</ref> [[Imre Lakatos]] is a notable proponent of historiographical internalism.<ref>Kostas Gavroglu, Yorgos Goudaroulis, P. Nicolacopoulos (eds.), ''Imre Lakatos and Theories of Scientific Change'', Springer, 2012, p. 211.</ref>

'''Externalism in the historiography of science'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> is the view that the history of science is due to its social context – the socio-political climate and the surrounding economy determines scientific progress.<ref name=Guide/> [[Thomas Kuhn]] is a notable proponent of historiographical externalism.<ref>Alexander Bird, "Kuhn and the Historiography of Science" in Alisa Bokulich and William J. Devlin (eds.), ''Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50 Years On'', Springer (2015).</ref>