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Christopher R. Matthews

@drcrmatthews.bsky.social

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▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship ▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z ▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk ▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 2h

There is a clear but I think somewhat hidden alignment between Byung-Chul Han and Simome Weil. Ill write that out at some point. But for now, do any philosophy people wanna have a wee chit chat about the idea? And owt else social science philosophy?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 4h

Agreed

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 5h

No so much. If you have a good understanding of social life, for example, you will make quite logical methodological decisions that add up.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 5h

That seems alarmingly disconnected from existing theory. But id have to study it to know for sure.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 5h

Yep agreed. Some discussion needed about 'interesting', I think. My preference is for important topics as the definition of what that is can try to establish objectively important work rather 'merely' someone's interest

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8h

@rwjdingwall.bsky.social name dropped 🫡

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8h

All agreed. I just keep running up again poor understanding of social life, hence the focus. Ive just reposted the original so im gonna delete this thread later.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8h

The quality of your methods is meaningless if the quality of your theory is lacking. Put another way - if your basic assumptions are wack your methodological rigour is wasted effort. More in Ch8 here: www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 9h

The quality of your methods is meaningless if the quality of your theory is lacking. Put another way - if your basic assumptions are wack your methodological rigour is wasted effort.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

Im saying to people we provide bland research philosophy statements, in the large part.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

Your philosophical position is most obvious in how you produce, understand and treat data. One of the less obviously places it comes across is usually in a bland and hackneyed statement of 'Philosophical Position'. Research philosophy is practical and pragmatic more than it is explicable in prose.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 9d

Its honest, that all the really matters to me.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 9d

What a lovely thing to say, thanks. Not only do I see them show up where you suggest, they show up in my own work! I make that point somewhere in something ive writen on the topic

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 10d

Ive been teaching in HE since 2008. Every year at least one ernest undergraduate has told me 'there's no research on [insert topic]'. And, of course, every time they have been dead wrong. I do love a wee academic truism.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 11d

Please do sign this - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards

We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

petition.parliament.uk

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 13d

Is gender equality in brain damage progress for women and sport???

It's a simple question to ask, and the answer is quite clear and logical, but no one seems willing to take the necessary next steps. Details here 👇

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Is gender equality in brain damage ‘progress’ for women and sport? - Jack Hardwicke, Reem Al-Hashmi, Debra Forbes, Carrie Paechter, Molly Pocock, Katie Taylor, Dee Yeagers, Christopher R Matthews, 202...

This commentary sits within a context of growing cultural concern over brain damage that occurs in many of the Western world's most popular, profitable and...

journals.sagepub.com

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Reposted by Christopher R. Matthews, Steve Keen, Alan Sked

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Im a lucky/privileged one in that regard so I will not comment

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Academia is... spending all Sunday checking damn hyperlinks on ya CV

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 20d

Absolutely wholesome interactions between people on what ever level are great to see.

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 20d

Lol! The real deal

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 20d

Oh, nice detail. Im digging it, bit nerdy 🤓

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 20d

Ive started referring to myself as a social scientist. Largely because I use social theory and philosophy from across disciplines to frame the science and scholarship I do and the books i write. It feels cogent and useful to me, but if can certainly be a slippy and abused framing of what some do.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 24d

What address?

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 24d

DM me if youd like to read the full chapter, cheers 🍻

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 27d

What to do when local leaders are merely followers? What to do when institutional definitions of success are insipid & amoral? You establish your own vision, a morally defined & defendable path, & measures of success that point to something meaningful. More here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Towards a ‘single-minded’ social science that matters - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Social science is not as it should be – I think we have lost contact with what matters. Many scholars have made similar laments and directed their attention at disciplines in an attempt to mark out a ...

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