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That Most Persons Do Not Realise How Fooled They are by a Failed Education Systems
I have never like these tests, though, as tests of observations it is a better designed test than most. The reason is that tests which require meta-theoretical observations are better that tests that are simple calculations. Here we see several A.I. mistakes on that basis. So I asked the A.I.: How…
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The Messaging of the Past Thinkers: In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work
This essay synthesizes the “messages” of the seminal thinkers identified in the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers (prior to 1983) and integrates their insights with the subsequent philosophical work of Dr. Neville Buch and his 21st-century contemporaries. https://www.academia.edu/150270892/The_Messaging_of_the_Past_Thinkers_In_Relation_to_Dr_Buchs_Work Attached: The Messaging of the Past Thinkers. In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work …
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Tackling Australian Historical Ignorance Head-On
Said in a tradition of Australian politicians. I was thinking this morning would Australians talk of “defending the constitution”. Would they know what they were defending? Certainly, defending the Australian constitution is not defending gun rights, nor free speech, nor “inalienable rights”. If we were to defend the Australian constitution, then there…
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How to bring social change for the better
PDF File: How to bring social change for the better Abstract The intersection of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero’s “Metaphysics of Revolution” and the work of Dr. Neville Buch constitutes a 21st-century “new thinking” that redefines the mechanism of change in human society. Rovero redefines revolution not as a mere political event…
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Three “Women” Philosophers
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Hannah Arendt and Dr. Neville Buch provides a powerful intellectual defence of human authorship and plurality in an era increasingly defined by the “technical abyss” and the erosion of truth. Arendt’s “how” of philosophy—rooted in passionate thinking, the vita activa, and a non-determinative theory…
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The Three Bernards
Bernard Lonergan and the Work of Dr Buch Abstract The intersection of the philosophies of Bernard Lonergan and Dr. Neville Buch represents a robust humanistic ascent against the “technical abyss” and “limited thinking” of the 21st century. Lonergan provides the internal framework of self-appropriation—the personal discovery of the dynamic structure of inquiry, insight,…
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Three Problems, Three Papers. How to think Clearly.
The Problem of Anti-Disciplinary Thinkers https://www.academia.edu/146212174/The_Problem_of_Anti_Disciplinary_Thinkers Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay critiques the Lebensphilosophie (Philosophy of Life) adopted by “anti-disciplinary thinkers”—those who operate outside rigorous intellectual networks—contrasting their approach with the methodological rigor of trained philosophers like Nietzsche, Dilthey, and Simmel. While anti-disciplinary thought often devolves into…
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21st Century Revolution in Thinking
https://www.academia.edu/146206774/21st_Century_Revolution_in_Thinking PDF File: 21st Century Revolution in Thinking Abstract The transition into the second quarter of the 21st century is marked by a profound intellectual shift—a “new thinking” that seeks to reclaim human agency from the “technical abyss” and the “immense regression” of the post-truth era. This paradigm, increasingly defined as…
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Unsurprising that the “America First?” policy failed, as it is that “Australia First” policy would fail
It is unsurprising that the “America First?” policy failed, as it is that “Australia First” policy would fail. Will Gottsegen, Staff Writer, The Atlantic Daily: “America First?” Donald Trump spent the holidays drifting further and further from the “America First” doctrine he campaigned on. The president who once promised to disentangle the…
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The Architect of Experience: A Manual for Intelligent Living
Abstract Intelligent living is defined as the transformation of human existence from a series of passive, unreflective reactions into a deliberate act of “human authorship”. It requires the Original Synthesis of Experience, where an individual takes the disconnected data of their life—memories, sensory inputs, and cultural heritage—and weaves them into a coherent common world-picture. This…