Ontological concept analysis can be formalized without being unscientific

Evidence

Just as there are sciences of physics and chemistry so I think that there can be different, but equally legitimate, approaches to psychological, sociological, and political concepts. … Particularly when dealing with institutions or other typically sociological or political phenomena I think that the chemical model of concepts is more appropriate. As I have shown in this chapter the ontological view can be formalized and mathematically modeled. There is nothing inherently unscientific or sloppy about theorizing concepts in ontological terms. — Gary Goertz, Social Science Concepts, 464

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is formal mathematical treatment really neutral between ontological and correlational views, or does the existing machinery smuggle in quantitative assumptions?