How far can Q-analysis go into social systems understanding ?

Q-analysis as a whole is a grey area. The long way from algebraic topology to metaphorical discourses is carefully inspected. The implicit semantic choices are studied in a self-contained development to clearly circumscribe the underlying assumptions, hence highlighting their importance. The major addressed issue is to separate the syntactic perspective from the semantic perspective. Speaking technically, the point is to determine which interpretations make sense to identify potential for a future systemic development. The limits of Q-analysis are explored from a systemic point of view and personal examples are suggested to separate artefact exploration from systems dynamics understanding. So, a social science methodology may shift to a branch of social systems theory.