Why the Distinction between Externalism and Internalism Should not be Collapsed

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The Institute for Science and Technology Studies (ISTS), Shahid Beheshti University

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While internalists, drawing on cognitive features, try to distinguish pure from applied science, externalists do it by contextual or non-cognitive ones. In this article, I will argue that neither externalism nor internalism is adequate to represent the distinction between pure/applied science and their relationship. In the following, after introducing the unifying framework of Nanay, I will argue that the distinction is adequately represented by Nanay’s model.

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