导论为解决社会科学中概念的混淆及其与某些概念相关的强烈规范效价(the strong normativevalence)~①问题,1956年加利发表《本质上争议的概念》一文,提出了“本质上争议的概念”及满足此类概念的七个条件:(Ⅰ)评价性;(Ⅱ)内在复杂性;(Ⅲ)多重描述性;(Ⅳ)开放性;(V)不同使用者对于争议特征的相互认可;(Ⅵ)原始范本(anoriginal exemplar);(Ⅶ)发展的竞争。①加利的理论方法在过去几十年中得到了广泛的关注。本文目的在于讨论关于加利理论贡献的基本问题。文章首先详细介绍加利的理论框架 Introduction In an effort to address the confusion of concepts in the social sciences and their strong normativevalence, 1 in 1956, Gary published a “concept of essentially controversy,” proposing “essentially” Controversy "and seven conditions that satisfy such concepts: (I) evaluation; (II) intrinsic complexity; (III) multiple descriptiveness; (IV) openness; (V) (Ⅵ) the original model (anoriginal exemplar); (Ⅶ) the development of competition. ① Gary’s theoretical approach has received widespread attention in the past few decades. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the basic questions about the contribution of Gurry’s theory. The article first details Gary’s theoretical framework