▁many ▁organizations ▁and ▁the ▁prof essions ▁that ▁stuff ▁them ▁are ▁inter tw ined ; ▁inter dep end ence ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁e colog ies ▁deser ves ▁close ▁empir ical ▁scr ut iny ’ . Methods ▁and ▁ep ist em ology An other ▁aspect ▁of ▁Abb ott ' s ▁work ▁de als ▁with ▁methods ▁and ▁their ▁relation ▁to ▁( social ▁scientific ) ▁knowledge . ▁Abb ott ▁imported ▁into ▁social ▁science ▁computational ▁techniques ▁for ▁analyz ing ▁sequence ▁data — in ▁particular ▁optimal ▁matching ▁analysis , ▁a ▁technique ▁that ▁detect s ▁similar ities ▁between ▁numerous ▁sequences , ▁hence ▁en abling ▁ ▁a ▁quant itative ▁approach ▁to ▁care ers ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁sequence ▁data . ▁His ▁book ▁Time ▁Mat ters , ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁is ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁ess ays ▁on ▁the ▁philosophy ▁of ▁methods ▁that ▁summar izes ▁and ▁fur thers ▁Abb ott ' s ▁main ▁arguments ▁on ▁time ▁and ▁processes . ▁The ▁development ▁of ▁this ▁set ▁of ▁methods ▁has ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁social ▁sequence ▁analysis . ▁He ▁provided ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁publications ▁and ▁has ▁made ▁' arguments ▁about ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁an ▁event - f oc used ▁“ n arr ative ' ▁approach ▁to ▁soci ology '. ▁A ▁“ first ▁wave ” ▁of ▁applications ▁can ▁be ▁attributed ▁directly ▁to ▁his ▁influence , ▁which ▁are ▁summar ized ▁in ▁a ▁debate ▁in ▁the ▁journal ▁Soci ological ▁Method s ▁and ▁Research ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . A cadem ic ▁discipl ines ▁and ▁knowledge ▁production A bb ott