Edwards and position 0

From Metatheory for the Twenty First Century (Routledge 2015):

"In addition to the five positions Roy outlined in the Preface, we have included an additional position inspired by Mark Edwards' comments. In his exchange with Roy Mark makes the point that there is also a position that is focused on the context or 'clearing' of the integrative theory engagement, as opposed to the content or metatheories being engaged. Since this position signifies the conditions or context for any encounter between integrative metatheories to occur we have placed it prior to the other five positions and used a '0' to designate it" (24).