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Category: 2016-future Public Cognition
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In and Out of Unity and Universality
In and Out of Unity and Universality… Abstract This essay explores the cognitive and historical movement of human thought as it oscillates between the pursuit of foundational unity and the recognition of historical contingency. By utilizing the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis maps six pivotal intellectual shifts in Western history,…
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Spiral Dialectic Pattern
PDF File: Spiral Dialectic Pattern Introduction This paper considered the spiral historiography across: Augustine’ City of God; Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae; Hegel’s Lectures on the Philosophy of World History; Marx’s The German Ideology; H. Green’s Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation; S. Mill’s The Spirit of the Age; Max…
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Why do Politicians ignore contemporary philosophy? The clear answer is here…
Nihilism which is troubling and harmful is the cynicism. The philosophical nihilism actually calls for active revaluation to create new pathways for 18-34 year old people (a reference to a study), and, indeed, everyone who has the will and the capacity to re-thinking their situation. There are a few other philosophers who say some…
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The Technical Abyss and the Illusion of Social Cohesion: The Politicisation of Social Cohesion
Politicisation of Social Cohesion https://www.academia.edu/145976288/The_Technical_Abyss_and_the_Illusion_of_Social_Cohesion Attached. Politicisation of Social Cohesion Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The politicisation of social cohesion represents a critical juncture in the contemporary “Culture-History War,” where the ideal of a unified society is transformed from a goal of communicative action into an instrument of strategic manipulation.…
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Active Nihilism and the Architecture of Human Legacy
Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract: On active nihilism. “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever,” (Isaiah 40:8) but as Bernard Williams points out the idea of a “Universal Word” has to be replaced by a deed, whether made profound or mundane, in our post-Christian state…
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Political Thinking. Harms and Solutions
https://www.academia.edu/145880185/Political_Thinking_Harms_and_solutions Political Thinking. Harms and solutions Dr Neville Buch on behalf of MICE Abstract Political thinking in the 21st century is characterized by a structural crisis where communicative action is increasingly replaced by mechanistic calculation and sociological propaganda. The harms of this “immense regression” include the technicisation of language, the erosion of personal…
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The Open Question on High-Level Employment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Fair employment is systematically subverted by the “credential currency” of modern technocracy, which prioritizes institutional conformity and mechanistic utility over genuine intellectual capacity. The question of who does not get fairly employed reveals two primary groups: the highly “overqualified” intellectual (the scholar) and the systematically marginalized (based on gender, ethnicity, or…
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Understanding Thinking in Three Questions
8 January 2026 Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Scholar, Principal Researcher, Team Leader, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA cc. Drs. Michael Macklin and Neil Peach, Directors, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Dear friends, I have a message that must be acknowledged.…
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Connecting Cognition Defeats (“hooray”) Reactionary Cognition (“boo”)
THE PROBLEM Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay examines the focus on security as a predominantly reactionary cognitive position that signals a retreat from the “thick” complexities of social reality into a “techné mindset” of calculable certainty. Drawing on the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis posits that the fixation on…
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Hate Speech and Hate Expression
Hate Speech and Hate Expression Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay argues that effectively addressing hate speech and the expression of hatred requires a transition from technocratic solutions, such as bans and censorship, toward a sophisticated understanding of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC). Drawing on the synthesis of C.G. Jung’s archetypes and John…