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Possibly pedantic nitpick...
I thought "Inside View" and "Outside View" referred to predictions derived from a thorough, assumption-laden* mechanism-based model for something, and predictions derived from embedding the thing in a class of roughly similar things, respectively. You seem to be using the phrases to distinguish between in-group and out-group criticism.
* This isn't pejorative; the assumptions may be well-supported.
I think that this distinction shares some interesting features with the Inside/Outside View distinction (or just Near/Far thinking), but it looks like you're right, I shouldn't confuse notation. I think I like taw's suggestion; give me a moment to edit.