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A Critical Phenomenology and Epistemology of Open and Fixed Mindsets: Quantum Biology of the Open Mind
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The “Quantum Biology of the Open Mind” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at: Abstract The widespread popularization of Carol Dweck’s dichotomy between “growth” (open) and “fixed” mindsets has profoundly shaped contemporary educational psychology, management pedagogy, and self-help literature (Awan n.d., p. 1; Dweck 2015 cited in…
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The Spiral Historiography in the Techné Mindset
I hope that persons have not “pop” out of the online room, never to return; but I understand such reasons as ill health and the priority of other projects. That is my “innovating” thinking. The reason to hound you this morning is Tom Fishburne’s explanation of the term “disruptive innovation” and the theory for this…
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The Personalist Approach to Argument: Dialectic, Relationality, and the Spiral of Human Authorship
The “Using Personalism to Fight AI Denoetization” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay examines the philosophical foundations, communicative architecture, and societal implications of Personalism, focusing specifically on the Personalist approach to argument. Emerging historically as a revolt against both mechanistic naturalism and totalizing absolute idealism, Personalism asserts that reality…
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Part 3:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qtuiUHTbOdLdJWoNcaFGNEmuSPzGYjR2/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: Ross with Book
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Part 2:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1Ij3lOKA38c45y4imcSnDw_KOoAqCeH/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: Ross Johnston. A Documentary History of Queensland
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Part 1:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IFif4d6r795_s3G2QQKAo2QSjUYVLyn9/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: A Few of The History Ten and Partners, Christmas 2005
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What Happened to Ross Johnston?
Five Extracts from the Oral History Interviews on the 14 November 2018 with Gemini Notebook Audio Commentary directed by Dr Neville Buch: 181114_000. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_001. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_002. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_004. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_006. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 Why the UQ…
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The Desiccation of the Common Well: Identity Politics, Algorithmic Assessment, and the Crisis of Adult Responsibility
“The Cost of Outsourcing Human Thought” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay explores the metaphoric “Common Well” – “the Commonwealth of Common Thinking” — as the essential intersubjective foundation for shared reason, civic dialogue, and intergenerational wisdom [Buch 2026a: 12; Habermas 1979: 3]. Drawing upon contemporary critical sociology and…
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Uncoiling the Psychology of the Western Traditional Belief System
Dr Neville Buch[1] The “From Cartesian Dualism to Lived Philosophy” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract Traditional Christian Belief is the heart of uncoiling the psychology of Western traditional belief system. This essay will make sense for many “western believers” but not for those whose ‘worlds’ has been outside basic Christian…
