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Category: Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History
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Letter to the Honourable Minister for Education, Queensland
26 April 2026 Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA The Honourable Minister for Education PO Box 15033 City East, QLD 4002 AUSTRALIA Dear Minister, I am writing to formally present a suite of transformative curriculum packages developed by the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) in collaboration…
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The Wickedness of Human Resources: The Technicisation of Humanity
Abstract The Shadows of Innovation and the Techné Mindset This essay interrogates the systemic forces that marginalize intellectual innovation and foster a culture of scholarly silence. Through the lens of the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC), it argues that powerful forces—specifically the “techné mindset” and bureaucratic strategic action—consign independent innovators to the “shadows” to preserve institutional…
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Religion is not what it was
Dr Neville Buch Thinking Religion in Place Thinking Religion in Place: A Critique of the “Post-Religious” Lament Abstract The colloquial observation that “religion is not what it was” often masks a deeper cognitive tension between Historical Forgetfulness and the requirement for a topological understanding of existence. While populist discourse frequently mourns the decline of institutional…
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Learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages: History and Historiography
Dear friends, Here are the learning foundations for my Curriculum Packages. Abstract This essay explores the vices and virtues of history as a philosophical and social practice, characterizing the discipline not merely as a chronicle of dates but as a “site of conscience” and a laboratory for understanding human existence. Drawing on the socio-intellectual frameworks…
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Religion, Secularity, Insider, Outsider, and Synthetic Holism
The General Theory School and Insider-Outsider Abstract The modern general theory of religion begins with Otto’s universalisation of the ‘Holy’ – the belief that all world religions express and interpret the same Christian ‘Holy God’/ holiness, achieved differently through distinctively shaped cultural filters. From this schema arises the task for religionists to develop models explaining…
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Liberating Conservative Thought
Dr Neville Buch MICE Scholar 18 Callendar Street Sunnybank Hills Qld 4109 Rev Dr Mark Earngey Head of Church History and Lecturer in Christian Thought Moore College 1 King Street, Newtown NSW 2042 cc. MICE and Dr Geoff Treloar. This is important because these scholars specialize in Anglo-American, Continental, Sociology and Philosophy, Education, Conservative Thought,…
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Jonathan Haidt and DoC: Cognitive Babel and the Architecture of Systemic Fragmentation
Abstract This essay explores the cognitive and sociological convergence between Dr. Jonathan Haidt and Dr. Neville Buch in their analyses of contemporary intellectual fragmentation. Both scholars identify a systemic breakdown in the ability of modern societies to maintain a shared reality, which Haidt characterizes through the metaphor of “Babel” and Buch defines as a “systemic…
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Poor Dynamic of Cognition: Historical Case – Reactionary Phenomenon (Resistance)
Abstract This essay examines the systemic cognitive pathology characterizing the Queensland Cabinet’s resistance to the heritage listing of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) under Premier Johannes Bjelke-Petersen. By applying the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis identifies the poor cognitive dynamics driven by an aggressive obsession with State sovereignty and a narrow “techné mindset”…
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Satire and Historiography. Kimmel and Buch on Trumpian Rhetoric
Abstract This essay examines the intersection between Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night satirical commentary on Donald J. Trump and the socio-intellectual messaging of Dr. Neville Buch. By analysing Kimmel’s April 2026 monologues alongside Buch’s historiographical framework, the analysis identifies a shared critique of the “ideological machine” and the “techné mindset” that characterizes contemporary populist rhetoric. Kimmel’s mockery…
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Compression and Application for Local Philosophy
Abstract This essay explores the interplay between the philosophical concept of compression and its application within the realm of local socio-intellectual history, specifically focusing on the Queensland context as documented by Dr. Neville Buch. Drawing on the media theory of Jonathan Sterne and the “Technics and Time” framework of Bernard Stiegler, the analysis distinguishes between “abstract…