On the"Soviet(Russian)School"of Scientific Historiography
As for the controversy between"internalism"and"extemalism"of scientific historiography appeared in the 20th century,either of the two can explain the phenomenon of scientific development to a certain extent,but they are too extreme,and have shortcomings in understanding scientific develop-ment.While the school of"synthesis theory"in the Russian academia,based on three representatives of the Institute of the History of Science and Tech-nology of the Russian Academy of Sciences,shows a different academic perspective with its dialectical concept,target and characteristics.It has profound influence on the academic circle in understanding the scientific achievements,scientific activities and scientific value in different historical periods.
scientific historiographySoviet(Russian)schoolsynthetic theory