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Further Thoughts on the Spectrum? The Mirage of the Matrix: Beyond Statistical Political Typologies
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay investigates the epistemological failures inherent in modern political typologies, specifically analysing The Washington Post article regarding a Pew Research Center study that splits Americans into nine groups. While the study attempts to transcend simple partisan binaries, it falls into the trap of “thin” conceptualization and statistical reductionism. A critical…
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What is Wrong with Collective Responsibility? Beyond Neutrality: The Myth of Institutional Detachment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay provides a critical assessment of Nick Cater’s recent critique of Western institutions, specifically his condemnation of the Hampshire Police’s embrace of anti-racism as a departure from the “classical liberal ideal of neutrality”. Utilizing the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework, the analysis argues that Cater’s argument rests on…
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History of Ruth: The Crucible of Care – Grief as Philosophy in Practice (The Disease)
Him Who Weeps Abstract This essay explores the intersecting histories of personal grief and scholarly synthesis, centred on Dr. Neville Buch’s experience of losing his wife, Ruth, to glioblastoma. The recent news of Professor Richard Scolyer’s death from the same aggressive, incurable stage 4 brain cancer serves as a catalyst for reflecting on a decade…
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Cultural Christianity versus Theological Christianity or One and the Same
Dr Neville Buch The Tripartite Spectrum of Cultural, Religious, and Theological Identity Abstract In conversations with Dr. Buch, there is confusion in the false binary of “Cultural Christianity versus Theological Christianity” or it ends in a simplistic “One and the Same” conclusion. The issue here is a misunderstanding across a belief system spectrum. There are…
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MICE and the Global Architecture of Holistic Scholarship
Dr Neville Buch Abstract The Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE), under the leadership of Dr. Neville Buch, represents a frontier in global holistic scholarship, bridging the gap between local historiography and universal philosophical inquiry. An analysis of the “MICE Academia.Edu Reports 5-02 to 31-05 2026” demonstrates an extraordinary level of intellectual resonance, with individual…
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Review of Peter Serdyukov’s A Growing Formalization of Contemporary Online Education
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Peter Serdyukov’s (2021) A Growing Formalization of Contemporary Online Education identifies a critical hazard in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: an “algorithmic character” in education that risks modifying human consciousness into “passive, dependent, filled” patterns. This review evaluates Serdyukov’s thesis alongside the work of Dr. Neville Buch, specifically his concepts of “Denoetization”…
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Not Knowing and Knowing: Beyond the Orthodoxy of Coercion – The Ecology of Knowledge
Dr Neville Buch Not Knowing and Knowing Abstract. Perennially in the global intellectual history is the Orthodoxy of Coercion, where both the individual and the collective have had to deal with the “power-over”: command, coercion, and domination. In the last few centuries, it has been existentialism, and in detail: existential thought, which has been the…
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Big Belief and Big Doubt. Navigating the Altar of Autocomplete
Abstract In the complex landscape of 2026, the concepts of “Big Belief” and “Big Doubt” emerge as the critical navigational anchors for the human mind. “Big Belief” refers to an “interpretive priority” where a comprehensive worldview—be it religious or naturalistic—orients a person’s engagement with every object and event in reality. Conversely, “Big Doubt” represents the…
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An Australian Political Analysis. Queensland and Michael Macklin
Management Institute for Contributory Economy This essay examines the trajectory of Australian politics with a specific focus on the unique socio-intellectual landscape of Queensland and the pivotal role played by Dr. Michael Macklin. Utilizing his dual career as a philosopher of education and a Senator for the Australian Democrats (1981–1990), the analysis explores how Macklin’s…
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Local Example of Progressive Theology in the late 1960s: The Logic of Analogy and the Leap of Faith
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Produced in 1967 by Michael Macklin (writing as Br. Ronald OFM), Analogy, Analysis and God represent a significant local example of progressive theological inquiry in Queensland during the late 1960s. This philosophical thesis navigates the “crisis of theological language” prompted by the rise of logical positivism and linguistic analysis. By evaluating…