By “outside view” I believe he is referring to the anthropological term “etic” so it is not made-up. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic https://en

By “outside view” I believe he is referring to the anthropological term “etic” so it is not made-up. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emic_and_etic