The idea that Dworkin's interpretivism is the solution to the gap left by the realisation that originalism is an empty moniker betrays the fundamental lack of self-awareness of much of US legal academia. Guys, the issue is not with your theories of law, but with your institutions and constitution
April 2, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The idea that Dworkin's interpretivism is the solution to the gap left by the realisation that originalism is an empty moniker betrays the fundamental lack of self-awareness of much of US legal academia. Guys, the issue is not with your theories of law, but with your institutions and constitution
There is a difference between interpretivist research and interpretivism as a paradigm. All qualitative research is interpretivist. Interpretivism is an understanding of reality, knowledge, and the role of the researcher. They are not interchangeable. - End of rant (for now) #AcademicSky
Demystifying Research Paradigms: Navigating Ontology, Epistemology, and Axiology in Research
A sound understanding of research paradigms is crucial for developing coherent and philosophically grounded research designs, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. This paper offers an a...
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August 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
There is a difference between interpretivist research and interpretivism as a paradigm. All qualitative research is interpretivist. Interpretivism is an understanding of reality, knowledge, and the role of the researcher. They are not interchangeable. - End of rant (for now) #AcademicSky
So grateful to host the fantastic @joyjenkins.bsky.social from @mujschool.bsky.social for a chat about interviewing, data collection, ethnography and all things interpretivism in my qualitative methods class today at @usouthflorida.bsky.social. Thank you for sharing your research and your time!
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
So grateful to host the fantastic @joyjenkins.bsky.social from @mujschool.bsky.social for a chat about interviewing, data collection, ethnography and all things interpretivism in my qualitative methods class today at @usouthflorida.bsky.social. Thank you for sharing your research and your time!
Positivism : let’s separate facts from beliefs
Interpretivism : let’s study values
British sociology : so we tried separating them and failed
Interpretivism : let’s study values
British sociology : so we tried separating them and failed
October 31, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Positivism : let’s separate facts from beliefs
Interpretivism : let’s study values
British sociology : so we tried separating them and failed
Interpretivism : let’s study values
British sociology : so we tried separating them and failed
Tuned in yesterday to hear some excellent talks. Thomas Uebel on methodological naturalism of the left Vienna Circle, Joel Isaac on midcentury decision theory’s link to interpretivism, George Reich on Tom Kuhn being a meanie towards Carnap and then regretting it for the rest of his life #philsci
´Philosophy of Science: Past, Present and Future’ is taking place in Minneapolis. What a program! I am speaking but only online as couldn’t fly. Heartbreaking to miss the event, not to mention my beloved midwestern fall and the great local beer #philsci
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Tuned in yesterday to hear some excellent talks. Thomas Uebel on methodological naturalism of the left Vienna Circle, Joel Isaac on midcentury decision theory’s link to interpretivism, George Reich on Tom Kuhn being a meanie towards Carnap and then regretting it for the rest of his life #philsci
Check out my new video: Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?
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Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?
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October 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Check out my new video: Interpretivist Research vs Interpretivism: What’s the Difference?
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Interpretivism 101: you don’t have to *believe* what you’re saying (crime is out of control!). Your audience doesn’t have to *believe* it either.
You say it to accomplish a goal (deployment of security forces), not because anyone believes it to be so.
You perform the world you want to create.
You say it to accomplish a goal (deployment of security forces), not because anyone believes it to be so.
You perform the world you want to create.
August 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Interpretivism 101: you don’t have to *believe* what you’re saying (crime is out of control!). Your audience doesn’t have to *believe* it either.
You say it to accomplish a goal (deployment of security forces), not because anyone believes it to be so.
You perform the world you want to create.
You say it to accomplish a goal (deployment of security forces), not because anyone believes it to be so.
You perform the world you want to create.
Gonna keep going through life pretending I'm a grown adult who accepts functionalism and/or interpretivism about intentionality and doesn't secretly believe real content is internal to the structure of intentional experience
March 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Gonna keep going through life pretending I'm a grown adult who accepts functionalism and/or interpretivism about intentionality and doesn't secretly believe real content is internal to the structure of intentional experience
Com o título “Law in disagreement: the debate between interpretivism and legal conventionalism”, o livro “O Direito em desacordo”, do professor Ronaldo Porto Macedo Jr., vice-diretor da FDUSP, é lançado com tradução para o inglês.
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#fdusp #direitousp #direito
www.amazon.com.br/Law-Disagree...
#fdusp #direitousp #direito
September 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Com o título “Law in disagreement: the debate between interpretivism and legal conventionalism”, o livro “O Direito em desacordo”, do professor Ronaldo Porto Macedo Jr., vice-diretor da FDUSP, é lançado com tradução para o inglês.
www.amazon.com.br/Law-Disagree...
#fdusp #direitousp #direito
www.amazon.com.br/Law-Disagree...
#fdusp #direitousp #direito
What does it actually mean to “know” something in sociology?
This article introduces four major ways of knowing – positivism, interpretivism, critical realism and pragmatism – and shows how they shape questions, methods and explanations in undergraduate sociology.
#Sociology #Epistemology
This article introduces four major ways of knowing – positivism, interpretivism, critical realism and pragmatism – and shows how they shape questions, methods and explanations in undergraduate sociology.
#Sociology #Epistemology
Four Ways of Knowing in Sociology: Positivism, Interpretivism, Critical Realism and Pragmatism
Sociology is not just about what we study, but how we think we can know anything about the social world. This explainer introduces four major epistemological approaches – positivism, interpretivism, critical realism and pragmatism – and shows how each one answers basic questions about reality, knowledge and methods. Aimed at undergraduate sociology students, it offers a clear map of the terrain and helps you understand why different writers disagree about what counts as good evidence or explanation.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:11 AM
What does it actually mean to “know” something in sociology?
This article introduces four major ways of knowing – positivism, interpretivism, critical realism and pragmatism – and shows how they shape questions, methods and explanations in undergraduate sociology.
#Sociology #Epistemology
This article introduces four major ways of knowing – positivism, interpretivism, critical realism and pragmatism – and shows how they shape questions, methods and explanations in undergraduate sociology.
#Sociology #Epistemology
Interpretivism and Its Critics Magdalen College, Oxford June 5-6, 2024. Schedule and registration here:
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May 29, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Interpretivism and Its Critics Magdalen College, Oxford June 5-6, 2024. Schedule and registration here:
www.interpretivismanditscritics.com
www.interpretivismanditscritics.com
When your academic paper goes a bit viral with nearly 30k downloads and over 100 citations in just 1 year 💃🤩 #AcademicSuccess #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
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January 13, 2026 at 2:49 AM
When your academic paper goes a bit viral with nearly 30k downloads and over 100 citations in just 1 year 💃🤩 #AcademicSuccess #AcademicSky #ScienceSky
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December 22, 2024 at 8:09 AM
1. Sociologists introduced students to banned theories by criticizing them. For example, Weberians introduced Max Weber’s ideas into Russia by claiming they were inferior to Marx’s historical materialism. This way, they exposed others to interpretivism and ideas like the “iron cage.”
December 28, 2024 at 10:21 PM
1. Sociologists introduced students to banned theories by criticizing them. For example, Weberians introduced Max Weber’s ideas into Russia by claiming they were inferior to Marx’s historical materialism. This way, they exposed others to interpretivism and ideas like the “iron cage.”
What use might have interpretivism have for explaining India's foreign policy? In this article, forthcoming in a special issue edited by the brilliant Siddharth Mallavarapu, and open access, I try to interpret the "Jaishankar Doctrine". journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What use might have interpretivism have for explaining India's foreign policy? In this article, forthcoming in a special issue edited by the brilliant Siddharth Mallavarapu, and open access, I try to interpret the "Jaishankar Doctrine". journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Interpretivism is the epistemological foundation of my political analyses. To help you understand what interpretivism is, it is crucial that you know the debate between interpretivism and positivism in political science.
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Interpretivism is the epistemological foundation of my political analyses. To help you understand what interpretivism is, it is crucial that you know the debate between interpretivism and positivism in political science.
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The Epistemological Debate in Political Science: Positivism versus Interpretivism
Interpretivism is the epistemological foundation of my political analyses. To help you understand what interpretivism is, it is crucial…
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Interpretivism is the epistemological foundation of my political analyses. To help you understand what interpretivism is, it is crucial that you know the debate between interpretivism and positivism in political science.
medium.com/@lemaym/the-...
Interpretivism is the epistemological foundation of my political analyses. To help you understand what interpretivism is, it is crucial that you know the debate between interpretivism and positivism in political science.
medium.com/@lemaym/the-...
Bad interpretivism is worse than reductionism.
March 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Bad interpretivism is worse than reductionism.
With the end of the year approaching the count stands 3.466 downloads (or, at least, times opened). Who helps me reach 3.500 by the end of the year?
Process Tracing: An Analyticist Approach: hildevanmeegdenburg.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/vanm...
#Interpretivism #ProcessTracing #Narratives
Process Tracing: An Analyticist Approach: hildevanmeegdenburg.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/vanm...
#Interpretivism #ProcessTracing #Narratives
December 19, 2023 at 10:10 AM
With the end of the year approaching the count stands 3.466 downloads (or, at least, times opened). Who helps me reach 3.500 by the end of the year?
Process Tracing: An Analyticist Approach: hildevanmeegdenburg.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/vanm...
#Interpretivism #ProcessTracing #Narratives
Process Tracing: An Analyticist Approach: hildevanmeegdenburg.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/vanm...
#Interpretivism #ProcessTracing #Narratives
Excellent! I'm writing a commentary on Toon's book at the moment, also denying that the folk are Fodorians and considering the relationship between fictionalism and interpretivism. Will cite this!
July 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Excellent! I'm writing a commentary on Toon's book at the moment, also denying that the folk are Fodorians and considering the relationship between fictionalism and interpretivism. Will cite this!
Trying to say autoethnography, interpretivism and methodological, all in one go and first thing in the morning for a research presentation… was an insane choice by past me 💀
July 8, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Trying to say autoethnography, interpretivism and methodological, all in one go and first thing in the morning for a research presentation… was an insane choice by past me 💀
**Job alert**
I am hiring a PhD researcher (fully funded) to study social distance in relation to state foreign policy making. Focus: #ForeignPolicy, #Narratives, #Interpretivism.
Spread the word! Deadline: April 26.
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I am hiring a PhD researcher (fully funded) to study social distance in relation to state foreign policy making. Focus: #ForeignPolicy, #Narratives, #Interpretivism.
Spread the word! Deadline: April 26.
With Matthew Longo and Daniel Thomas
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April 9, 2024 at 9:27 AM
**Job alert**
I am hiring a PhD researcher (fully funded) to study social distance in relation to state foreign policy making. Focus: #ForeignPolicy, #Narratives, #Interpretivism.
Spread the word! Deadline: April 26.
With Matthew Longo and Daniel Thomas
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
I am hiring a PhD researcher (fully funded) to study social distance in relation to state foreign policy making. Focus: #ForeignPolicy, #Narratives, #Interpretivism.
Spread the word! Deadline: April 26.
With Matthew Longo and Daniel Thomas
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
This is very well written, and a fantastic exercise in charitable interpretation (or interpretivism, if you live by the verb of Ronnie). Only one query: it is really a 'juristocracy', if the people we are referring to do not really act as judges in any meaningful sense of the word?
March 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
This is very well written, and a fantastic exercise in charitable interpretation (or interpretivism, if you live by the verb of Ronnie). Only one query: it is really a 'juristocracy', if the people we are referring to do not really act as judges in any meaningful sense of the word?
