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In and Out of Unity and Universality
In and Out of Unity and Universality… Abstract This essay explores the cognitive and historical movement of human thought as it oscillates between the pursuit of foundational unity and the recognition of historical contingency. By utilizing the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis maps six pivotal intellectual shifts in Western history,…
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Why do Politicians ignore contemporary philosophy? The clear answer is here…
Nihilism which is troubling and harmful is the cynicism. The philosophical nihilism actually calls for active revaluation to create new pathways for 18-34 year old people (a reference to a study), and, indeed, everyone who has the will and the capacity to re-thinking their situation. There are a few other philosophers who say some…
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The Technical Abyss and the Illusion of Social Cohesion: The Politicisation of Social Cohesion
Politicisation of Social Cohesion https://www.academia.edu/145976288/The_Technical_Abyss_and_the_Illusion_of_Social_Cohesion Attached. Politicisation of Social Cohesion Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The politicisation of social cohesion represents a critical juncture in the contemporary “Culture-History War,” where the ideal of a unified society is transformed from a goal of communicative action into an instrument of strategic manipulation.…
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The Open Question on High-Level Employment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Fair employment is systematically subverted by the “credential currency” of modern technocracy, which prioritizes institutional conformity and mechanistic utility over genuine intellectual capacity. The question of who does not get fairly employed reveals two primary groups: the highly “overqualified” intellectual (the scholar) and the systematically marginalized (based on gender, ethnicity, or…
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Dewey and Jung on Social Psychology
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay explores the synthesis of C.G. Jung’s analytical psychology and John Dewey’s pragmatist social psychology within the framework of Dr. Neville Buch’s Dynamic of Cognition (DoC). It argues that Jung’s concept of archetypes—the “inherited possibilities of ideas”—provides the necessary primordial content for the “Prejudice” layer of the DoC, while Dewey’s…
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Professional History and Levels of Thinking
https://www.academia.edu/145773668/Professional_History_and_Levels_of_Thinking Professional History and Levels of Thinking Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay argues that professional historians must transcend the mere interpretation of primary records to engage with the deeper historiography of their subjects, a practice defined as “understanding history as philosophy in practice”. While records…
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Local and Global Social Harm
https://www.academia.edu/145681862/Local_and_Global_Social_Harm PDF File: Local and Global Social Harm Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract: Local and Global Social Harm is examined in this essay as a dual manifestation of the “immense regression” and the “Principle Basic Fallacy.” At the global scale, social harm is driven by the technicisation of cognition and the expansion…
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The Vices and Virtues of Humanity
Dr Neville Buch Abstract: Humanity is defined by an originary de-fault, a lack of innate qualities that necessitates the invention of the “human” through technics, culture, and the articulation of memory. Within this prosthetic existence, the vices of humanity arise from an “immense regression” into Historical Forgetfulness (the Epimethean fault) and a submission…
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Compatibility of Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts
Dr Neville Buch The Synoptic Vision: Harmonizing Science, Humanities, and the Arts https://www.academia.edu/145486590/Compatibility_of_Sciences_Humanities_and_the_Arts Abstract The compatibility of the Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts is often obscured by a historical and political “split” that pits technical calculation against human meaning. While Sciences often aspire to an “absolute conception of the world”—a representation that…
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The Thesis of the Principle Basic Fallacy
Dr Neville Buch The Thesis of the Principle Basic Fallacy: Against the Natural/Artificial and Foreign/Native Binaries (Synthetic Goal/Procedure) https://www.academia.edu/145473077/The_Thesis_of_the_Principle_Basic_Fallacy The Thesis of the Principle Basic Fallacy Abstract The Thesis of the Principle Basic Fallacy asserts that the intellectual separation of ‘natural’ and ‘artificial’ elements in constructing systems of meaning is…