Necessary conditions can coexist with substitutable indicators at lower levels.
Evidence
Her conceptualization of a human being uses the basic three-level framework common in complex, multidimensional concepts. The necessary factors like those listed above lie at the secondary level of the human well-being concept. At the third level we ο¬nd a sensitivity to historical and cultural differences. In terms of chapter 5, we have substitutability in the ways, for example, a human being can be nourished, sheltered, have sex, and so forth: The political plan [secondary level], while using a determinate [necessary condition] conception of the good at a high level of generality, leaves a great deal of latitude for citizens to specify each of the components more concretely and with much variety, in accordance with local traditions or individual tastes. β Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts, 153
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the three-level architecture: basic, secondary, and indicator levels of a concept.
- SEED: Essay angle: how social science measures smuggle cultural variation into supposedly universal categories like human well-being.