These opening quotes highlight two metatheoretical aspects of scientific concepts that are the focus of this chapter. First, complex concepts and theories are constituted by a kind of multilayered history in what they mean and how they are used. Second, those constitutive layers are always situated in normative contexts of human meaning making and goal seeking.
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