C.16.Q:3 - Forces

• Breadth vs precision. “Quality” is attractive because it is broad; that same breadth makes it unsafe at boundaries.
• Preconceptuality vs auditability. Some uses refer to something real but not yet stably characterised.
• Distributed substrate vs local publication. Some evaluative signals arise in distributed or embodied substrates but must later be published in explicit local forms.
• Comparability vs non-reduction. Engineering and selection settings need comparability, but not every evaluative signal is an admissible metric.
• Cross-tradition dialogue vs false unification. The framework should permit parallels without asserting identity.
• Progressive articulation. A term may begin as a felt signal and later become a bundle, proxy set, or objective.