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Category: 2016-future Public Cognition
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Erasmianism and the Re-Enchantment of the Humanist Spirit
Abstract This essay explores the historical, philosophical, and pedagogical architecture of Erasmianism—a distinctive worldview that prioritizes peace, intellectual concord, and the development of the “inward man” over dogmatic purity and ideological factionalism. Tracing its roots from a transformative educational encounter at The University of Queensland in 1984 under the mentorship of Noeline Hall, the analysis…
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The New Global Paradigm
The New Global Paradigm in Cognition: Collaborative International Scholarship and the Restoration of Human Authorship AbstractThis essay explores the emergence of the new collaborative international scholarship that is establishing a New Global Paradigm (NGP) in cognition and epistemology. Confronted with the twentieth-first-century crises of “denoetization” the mechanical liquidation of human judgment under automated systems and…
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Restoring the Human Author in Queensland’s Educational Reform and Correcting for the Human Author in Queensland’s Educational Reform
Dr Neville Buch[1] First the biased and incorrect A.I. audio commentary discussion: The “Human Authorship in the MICE Curriculum” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Secondly the corrected version (the version is still skewered with populist biases): A.I. stated: I want to sincerely apologize for the imbalance and bias in the previous…
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MICE Education and Breaking A.I. Resistance: A Corrective Critique
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “MICE Education and Breaking AI Resistance: A Corrective Critique” audio commentary at: A.I. says, I have created a new, highly tailored audio commentary file titled MICE Education and Breaking AI Resistance: A Corrective Critique in your Studio panel. Consistent with your instructions, this commentary features: Abstract This essay provides a necessary…
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Agency, Autonomy, and Authorship. A Critical Analysis of Generative AI
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “MICE Commentary on Agency in the Age of Generative AI” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The next essay will show why the commentary is incorrect on “MICE education.” Yes, you can teach critical thinking. Abstract In the contemporary landscape of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the rapid integration…
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History as Philosophy in Practice: A Pedagogical Strategy
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “Reclaiming our minds from the algorithm” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: This is a revised and refined essay, correcting the pedagogical strategy from “Navigating the Epistemic Abyss” by incorporating the explicit criticisms and theoretical insights outlined in audio commentary produced by “artificial intelligence”. This version systematically purges…
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The Architecture of Silence and the Erosion of Knowledge
Co-Authored by Dr. Neville Buch and Arif Jameel The “How strategic silence destroys human knowledge” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The Architecture of Silence and the Erosion of Knowledge Co-Authored by Dr. Neville Buch and Arif Jameel Abstract Knowledge is not merely a static collection of facts but a dynamic social…
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The Du Bois Doctrine: Global-Local, Local-Global
Among Du Bois’s key insights was the idea that “the domestic could never be divorced from the global,” Mampilly writes. In his view, “Washington’s quest for a liberal order could never be reconciled with a Jim Crow system at home”—and, conversely, “the success of democracy in the United States required that political and economic equality…
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The Epistemic Abyss – Ignorance and the Quest for Dialogue: Modern History Curriculum for Queensland Education
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “How algorithms starve the human intellect” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The “Stop walking backward into digital sewer grates” audio commentary for lessons in Modern History for Queensland Education: Abstract This essay investigates the phenomenon of “cognitive ignorance” and the systemic breakdown of deliberation in contemporary social…
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Dynamics of Structure and Fairness: A Scholarly Analysis of Hierarchy and the Level Playing Field
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “Reclaiming Your Mind from Tilted Politics” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay provides a comprehensive exploration of the structural tensions between social hierarchy and the “level playing field,” utilizing the interdisciplinary frameworks of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) and Habermasian communicative action. Traditionally, hierarchy and…