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Matthew Low

@mattlow.bsky.social
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Consultant Physiotherapist, Visiting Fellow at ORI BU. PhD student - Posthuman Health.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
First day of classes at @jhuartssciences.bsky.social. A glorious day to learn #QuantumMechanics! I'm teaching two courses - QM for physics majors, and Philosophy of Cosmology for a general audience. I'm going to try to maintain a thread saying what happens in each class, let's see how I do.
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The last talk on the second day of the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium was Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on Can AI Be Conscious? Commentary by E.J. Green. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bzvs...
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Anil Seth, Can AI Be Conscious? | Natural Philosophy Symposium 2025
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FQxI @fqxi.org · 23/07/2025
"Physics writes equations, humanities talk about emotions. But the world is one” says Carlo Rovelli. Sean Carroll's Bayesian approach relies on computer scientist and philosopher Judea Pearl's breakthrough that taught AI systems to distinguish correlation from causation. @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
JUST OUT! PhysioEthology: A posthuman perspective on physiotherapy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... This paper discusses the mounting challenges facing the physiotherapy profession and possibilities that may open up in response #planetarycrisis
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Physioethology: a post-humanist perspective on physiotherapy
Physiotherapy faces mounting challenges in an era of planetary crisis. This paper proposes a reorientation of physiotherapy through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, specifically...
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MACP @physiomacp.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Join @mattlow.bsky.social (MACP Knowledge Translation Officer) in conversation with Paula Bright, as they reimagine musculoskeletal physiotherapy in a fantastic podcast available to all: www.macpweb.org/resources/13... Follow the link to find out more information about the podcast!
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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Guess what!? My biography of Henri Bergson will be available in paperback NEXT WEEK (June 19th)! John Banville called it "the most intellectually stimulating book I read this year" and the NYT called it "lively and deft". Get your copy here (or don't I'm not a cop): linktr.ee/eherring
Herald of a Restless World How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People
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Eivind Engebretsen @eivinden.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
New paper led by my excellent Dutch colleagues Britt Kraaijeveld Sietse Wieringa & Jet Bussemaker www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How concepts guide policy: an ethnographic study of the meaning making of ‘appropriate care’ in Dutch healthcare
Concepts, such as value-based healthcare, patient-centered care and integrated care, are used to guide and govern healthcare structures and services. …
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Lucia Ruggiero @lruggiero.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Digital maturity: towards a strategic approach bjgp.org/content/bjgp... @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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Judy Wright @jmwleeds.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Fascinating lecture by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on How digitalisation increases health inequalities. Introduced by @auhe-leeds.bsky.social 's own @katiespencer.bsky.social at Leeds Uni Med School. I suspect (hope) lots of research ideas and plans are being generated to build on this. Thank you 🙏
Trish Greenhalgh stood in front of a slide from her lecture with QR codes to key papers from the RBD2 study
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Why physiotherapy needs a historical philosophy of objects. Latest Substack post out now. open.substack.com/pub/mattlow1...
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Why Physiotherapy Needs a Historical Philosophy of Objects
Physiotherapy in Motion: Why Objects Must Be Understood Historically
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MACP @physiomacp.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
BOOKING is now open to ALL members for our fantastic Challenging Concepts in MSK study day with an excellent line up of speakers.Capacity is limited so book now to avoid missing out. Bookings open to non-members next week! Book here www.macpweb.org/events/488/m...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
The limit of static theories and the need for a philosophy of movement. @neilmaltby.bsky.social @mandhc.bsky.social @diarmuiddenneny.bsky.social @danielarbilla.bsky.social @eivinden.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The limit of static theories and the need for a philosophy movement. open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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The Limit of Static Theories and the Need for a Philosophy of Movement
Rethinking, objects, bodies, and health as processes in motion
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
My sequence of Substack posts @jamesholroyd.bsky.social
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karenmccreesh.bsky.social @karenmccreesh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Health at a glance Europe report 2024 - key data showing trends in increases in obesity, static physical activity, ageing and comorbidity, and worrying insights into the ageing healthcare workforce www.oecd.org/content/dam/... @hri-ul.bsky.social
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Object oriented ontology: the body has an unknown object. open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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Object-Oriented Ontology: The Body as an Unknowable Object
Hidden surplus...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Relational ontology: The body as a network of interactions. open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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Relational Ontology: The Body as a Network of Interactions
Exhausted, static networks...
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Amanda Hensman-Crook @mandhc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Well worth a read . Great work Matt!
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
The problem of stasis: part 2 substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The Problem of Stasis: Part 2
Constructivism: The Body as a Social Fabrication
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MACP @physiomacp.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
We are delighted to announce the MACP study day will be taking place in Birmingham on Saturday 7th June this year! Come and join us for some top CPD with a clinically applicable focus! Keep an eye on all the usual spaces for more information in the near future.
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Sabrina Coninx @sconinxphil.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Quite excited to be a speaker at the ISPSM conference this year. Submission is still open until the 01.05.2025 👇
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
The problem of stasis in Physiotherapy. open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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The Problem of Stasis in Physiotherapy
Challenging the Static Foundations of Physiotherapy
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The ‘essence’, ‘nature’, and ‘purpose’ of Physiotherapy substack.com/@mattlow9047...
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The 'essence', 'nature' and 'purpose' of physiotherapy
Physiotherapy at a crossroads...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Toward a philosophy ‘of’ Physiotherapy mattlow904707.substack.com?r=117xkb&utm... open.substack.com/pub/mattlow9...
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Toward a Philosophy 'of' Physiotherapy
In my previous post (embedded below), I discussed key aspects of Dave Nicholls’ call for greater philosophical engagement in physiotherapy, alongside social, political, professional, ethical and econo...
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Anthony K J Smith @anthonykjsmith.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Open access (no paywall) article in Social Science and Medicine, outlining 'the sociology of prescribing'. This is the sort of literature I wish I had access to in one place during my PhD. I outline sociological contributions to understanding drug prescribing. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Our latest article just published in @BJSM_BMJ "Group-mediated exercise for chronic conditions – an urgent need for implementation and scale-up" Thanks to the team for a great collaboration - Tim Rees, Tom Wainwright, Mark Beauchamp and Mark Stevens. bjsm.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Group-mediated exercise for chronic conditions: an urgent need for implementation and scale-up
By 2050, there will be two billion people in the world aged over 60. Such population ageing will inevitably lead to increases in the prevalence of chronic diseases and healthcare burdens. In the UK al...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Physiotherapy in Motion: A Philosophical Inquiry Through a PhD Journey Writing a PhD thesis is as much about grappling with ideas as it is about writing them down. Here, I attempt to put some of those struggles into words. mattlow904707.substack.com/p/physiother...
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Edzard Ernst @edzard.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Why going to a chiropractor could kill you - or leave you paralysed mol.im/a/14372023 via @MailOnline
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Why going to a chiropractor could kill you - or leave you paralysed
While chiropractic treatment boasts an army of ardent supporters, a string of high-profile cases have highlighted the potentially serious - and even life-threatening - risks.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Thanks Mary. Lead author was Associate Professor Chrysanthi Papoutsi, rising star in this field.
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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
That was a good session - hopefully there will be more like it in physio circles and elsewhere 👍🌍
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Environmental Physiotherapy: A transformative ecological movement toward planetary health. Our presentation at CSP conference 2024 youtu.be/_AcxVEGTIWY?si… @sanjamaretic.bsky.social @adambjerre.bsky.social @eivinden.bsky.social @msk-pain.bsky.social @jamesholroyd.bsky.social
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12th October - Charter 3 - 09:00 - 10:00
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Eivind Engebretsen @eivinden.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
In this Circle U. Lecture, I explore how a translational medical humanities approach can bridge the gap between evidence and action, using SDGs as a key case study. More lectures in the series "Bridging Humanities and Medicine for Societal Impact" are coming! #AcademicSky youtu.be/Ka43MVWpMLk?...
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Translational Health Humanities: Addressing the Challenge of Unimplementability
YouTube video by Circle U. European University Alliance
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
You following Graham? He knows stuff. #medsky #episky #covid #longcovid #academicsky
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Eivind Engebretsen @eivinden.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Explore our research on the complexities of turning evidence into action, especially during crises and in tackling 'wicked problems' such as sustainability #AcademicSky @monabaker11.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social www.med.uio.no/sustainit/en...
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Researcher on Centre Stage with Eivind Engebretsen - SUSTAINIT – Sustainable Health Unit
Meet Eivind Engebretsen, Professor and Head of the Sustainable Health Unit and Dean of the Circle U.- Open Campus at the University of Oslo.
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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 16/11/2024
Full paper here. (HT @hrheingold.bsky.social for introducing me to this!) #CollectiveIntelligence #Complexity #Plurality royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Innovation in the collective brain | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Innovation is often assumed to be the work of a talented few, whose products are passed on to the masses. Here, we argue that innovations are instead an emergent property of our species' cultural lear...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
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Tom Lawton @lawtontri.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
The Future Healthcare Journal debate focuses on whether AI might replace clinical decision-making in our lifetimes. Please read and vote (second link) And please share to convince RCP that Bluesky is the future! #MedSky #AI www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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The FHJ debate: Will artificial intelligence replace clinical decision making within our lifetimes?
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
Really good short video about what it's like to live with diabetes. GOOD TEACHING MATERIAL! Thanks @nadiaswann.bsky.social for finding. 🧪 #medsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ09...
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What a cure feels like
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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
The conference was part of a project under the same name, by Karin Tybjerg and Sarah Yvonnet. Yvonnet wrote a blogpost on the overall idea ~ looking at diagnostic complexity by tracing how diabetes classification travels between lab and clinic: www.museion.ku.dk/blog/between... #philbio #philsci
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Between Knowing and Doing - Medicinsk Museion
The project “Between Knowing and Doing” is a collaboration between researchers at Medical Museion and the Novo Nordisk CBMR that combines the fields of philosophy, basic science, and clinical practice...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
We wrote a paper about how to support early-career researchers to learn the 'rules of the game' in academia. This one's about social scientists learning to play a double game when they work in medical faculties. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 07/10/2024
Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism www.nature.com/articles/s44... @seanmcarroll.bsky.social @jamesholroyd.bsky.social @jamessteeleii.bsky.social
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Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism - npj Climate Action
We argue that Büntgen’s (2024) claim that climate science must be separated from activism is fundamentally flawed. Activism does not inherently lead to biased science and striving for value-free scien...
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 11/06/2024
From micro to macro: a podcast I recorded with the knowledge exchange team open.spotify.com/episode/3PCB...
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Matthew Low – From Micro to Macro
Listen to this episode from The Knowledge Exchange on Spotify. We hosted consultant physiotherapist, educator and researcher Matthew Low to discuss: Evidence-Based Practice – what is it really? Person...
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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 04/11/2023
Weekend reading: Janella Baxter reviews 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 by Kolja Ehrenstein Read it here: www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook... #philsci #philsky #hpbio
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Sarah Wieten @sarahwieten.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Philosophy of Medicine people! Please add the 2024 Roundtable to your calendar (9-10 May 2024) AND Send us a 250 word abstract to philosmedroundtable24@gmail.com by January 15 2024 philosmed.wordpress.com/category/cal...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
How covid spreads: narratives, counter-narratives and social dramas. Our paper for BMJ to inform the UK's covid-19 inquiry. So far, all the things we claimed in this paper have been borne out in the inquiry. This is an international scandal. www.bmj.com/content/378/...
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How covid-19 spreads: narratives, counter narratives, and social dramas
Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues explore why inaccurate narratives about the mode of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 emerged early in the pandemic and shaped a flawed policy response, with tragic consequen...
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Pete Miles @petermiles.eurosky.social · 04/11/2023
"Policy might ideally 'follow science' but whose science?" Policy making as a struggle between narratives, important new paper (free to read, I found). #Complexity
Policy making as a struggle between narratives

Policy making involves competing narratives (about problems, how they arose, and how they will be resolved), institutions (especially government and its bureaucratic machinery), and interests (financial, political, ideological). Policy might ideally "follow science," but whose science and why? Science shapes policy narratives through an "inside track" (such as official advisory committees) and, to a lesser extent, through an "outside track" (such as less mainstream scientists and citizen movements).4 Pandemic policy making has been characterised not by clearly identified knowledge gaps that science obligingly fills but by toxic clashes between competing scientific and moral narratives.

Getting the mode of SARS-COV-2 transmission right matters, because preventive strategies follow (box 1).5 6 Being honest about scientific uncertainty also matters, because-among other reasons-it is hard to backtrack after declaring a policy to be "evidence
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Affordance-based practice: An ecological-enactive approach to chronic musculoskeletal pain management. @jamesholroyd.bsky.social www.rbf-bjpt.org.br/index.php?p=...
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Daniel @danielrembrandt.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
A tip, when sharing a link, on Twitter it auto previews, here it doesn’t. After pasting the link, tap the box underneath to say show preview and then you can delete the text link and the preview will remain
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Matthew Low @mattlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Poststructuralism and Post Qualitative Inquiry: What Can and Must Be Thought Elizabeth Adams St Pierre journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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