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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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Defending Philosophical Compatibility Against Neo-Conservative Thought
PDF File: Defending Philosophical Compatibility Against Neo-Conservative Thought Abstract The philosophy of “philosophical compatibility” emerges in the 21st century as a robust defence of human authorship against the reductionist and exclusionary critiques of “NeoConservatism”. While Neoconservatism often relies on the “Principle Basic Fallacy”—the artificial separation of the natural from the technical—to enforce rigid,…
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Critique of NeoConservatism
https://www.academia.edu/146208431/Critique_of_NeoConservatism PDF File: Critique of NeoConservatism Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay presents a comprehensive critique of NeoConservatism, analysing it as a complex intellectual and political movement that emerged from the “Radical Turn” of former liberals “mugged by reality”. Section one examines the profound definitional instability of the…
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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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Why moralism does not work.
WHY MORALISM DOES NOT WORK Please Understand, for the sake of kindness. From Thomas Banchoff, Liberals and conservatives shy away from this core Catholic teaching, Cruelty is ravaging politics. What happened to mercy? The Washington Post. November 13, 2025 “Liberals and conservatives shy away from mercy…
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David S. Brown on Richard Hofstadter: Personalism in Personable Context is Correct
Social environment inevitably intrudes upon historical analysis, however, and so we must appreciate not simply the author’s work, but also the public and personal circumstances that sustain and gave meaning to his efforts. “Before you study the history,” one commentator advised, “study the historian…The historian, being an individual, is also a product of history, and…
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“Come upon me”, said Sofia, “and I will give you rest.”
If statehood were offered to Australia and New Zealand instead of to Canada, would they warm up faster to the idea of becoming part of the most powerful and richest country the world has ever seen? Are they more pro-America than Canadians? That is the most ridiculous question…
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An Invitation for Open Thinking
Neville Buch’s discussion with Dave Benson, an Australian theologian working in the United Kingdom. The discussion centres on the Bible Society’s recent report: BS-The Quiet Revival-Final-Digital-EG The Quiet Revival The following is what I communicated after considering the report and reading the comments by Steve Hollinghurst, and the comments of the…
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Why the Misunderstanding? Please Learn from what I am saying.
Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA 28 April 2025 Dear friends, Why the Misunderstanding? Please Learn from what I am saying. John Miller is the editor of UUnderworld, a freethinker magazine, for those freethinkers unconstrained by the…
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Trumpianism is an attack on global and humanistic education.
“The Trump administration said Friday it was cutting off about $400 million in federal contracts and grants to Columbia University, saying the school has failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism on campus.” (The Washington Post, Updated March 7, 2025 at 2:03 p.m. EST today at 2:03 p.m. EST). ‘Columbia’ is the American…