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Category: Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History
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The Reflective Ascent: Reclaiming Human Authorship over Despair (a short teaching note)
Dr Neville Buch A Short Note for Hope from What I have Published In the midst of unawareness and depression, a condition often characterized as a state of “absolute non-knowledge” or “symbolic misery,” a person should actively engage in a “reflective ascent” to reclaim human authorship over their own narrative. This process begins by recognizing…
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Strategic Cousins: The Cognition of Australian and Canadian Political Unison
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay presents a Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) analysis of the unison in Canadian and Australian political thinking, as evidenced in the 2026 Hansard record of the Australian Parliament’s welcome to the Rt Hon. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada. By applying the DoC framework—centring on the transition from unreflective habits…
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The Best Use of A.I. and Higher Education
“The workers who use AI best will deploy human judgment to analyse and evaluate information. To succeed in a workplace, not simply at a desk, they will be able to listen as well as to communicate. Their relentless curiosity will be grounded in intellectual humility, while their ethical behaviour will require moral courage.” …
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Brisbane Olympics: The Thinking
Neville Buch (Dr) Abstract: The writer is involved in Brisbane’s Urban Coalition alliance of community organisations in urban sociology, discussing the planning for the Brisbane Olympics. This article explains why the thinking of the local Brisbane Olympic Committee has strayed so badly. (2023 words). Unsurprising is that populists, including political representatives, do…
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Charles Ringma: Comprehensively Christian Historiography and the Philosophy of Charles Ringma (HAPI Past Series)
Series Abstract: For the past few years, I have been researching and writing about the defuncted Department of History, University of Queensland, 1911-2000. It will take a few more years before a tome on the subject may be published. In the meantime, it has occurred to me to write up on the past academics of…
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Geoffrey Bolton. Comprehensive Historiography
Geoffrey Bolton: Comprehensive Historiography and the Philosophy of Geoffrey Bolton (HAPI Past Series) Series Abstract: For the past few years, I have been researching and writing about the defuncted Department of History, University of Queensland, 1911-2000. It will take a few more years before a tome on the subject may be published.…
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Socialist Historiography and the Philosophy of ‘Ray Evans’ HAPI Past Series
https://www.academia.edu/164902737/Socialist_Historiography_and_the_Philosophy_of_Ray_Evans_HAPI_Past_Series Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract This essay examines the historiographical legacy of Raymond Evans, a transformative figure within the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI). Evans’ career, spanning from the 1960s to his retirement as Associate Professor in 2002, is defined by a radical…
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Buch, Neville (2025). On The CounterPoint Statement, Unnderworld 2(11) 112-5
On The CounterPoint Statement Unnderworld 2(11) 112-5 Abstract In response to John Miller’s inquiry regarding the “how” and “where” of resistance for liberal congregations facing an authoritarian state—defined here as authority exceeding the fair intent of the law—this essay argues for a neganthropic turn. Drawing on the philosophies of Bernard Stiegler, Bernard Williams, and Dr. Neville…
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Buch, Neville (2025). The Fortress of Hubris. Arrogance in Cultural Warfare, Unnderworld 2(11) 50-3
The Fortress of Hubris. Arrogance in Cultural Warfare Unnderworld 2(11) 50-3 Abstract This essay examines the arrogance inherent in contemporary cultural warfare, specifically through the lens of the frequent confusion between Christian Progressivism and Christian Realism. Drawing on source material from the Sea of Faith debates and Dr. Neville Buch’s Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the…