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Category: Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History
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Model of Intellect
Dr Neville Buch[1] Abstract A model of intellect “measure” in the “fitness” of big ideas together, and the big ideas including their own measure of “doubt”. The measure is not strictly mathematical; it has no count. The measure is of vision and imagination. Fitness is the “movement” in compatibility. Fitness is always challenged in lifelong…
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The Cynicism of the Market: Foundherentism, Contributory Economy, and the Subversion of Luchel’s Rent-Seeking Epistemology
Abstract This critical reply essay deconstructs Bevin Luchel’s The Subsidised Imagination: A Critique of Rent-Seeking Epistemology in Buch’s The Crucible of Consciousness (2026). It demonstrates that Luchel’s deployment of public choice theory and subjective value theory constitutes a profound category error and a form of “vulgar pragmatism.” By reducing the value of intellectual labour to…
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Felt Metaphysics and the Embodied Dynamic of Cognition
Dr Neville Buch and references to William James, Max Scheler, and J. Edward Hackett [1] [1] Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) has been fairly used in the production of this work. The tool used is Google NotebookLM (recently rebranded as Gemini Notebook). It is an AI-powered virtual research assistant and thinking partner designed to help a person…
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Designing Autonomy in the Age of Style: A Review of Arif Jameel’s Architect Generation and The Lifestyle State
Abstract This review essay examines the interconnected socio-philosophical treatises of independent scholar Arif Jameel: Architect Generation: Reviving the Legacy of Greek, Muslim, and European Masters to Redesign the Future (2026a) and The Lifestyle State: “Needs become luxuries. Welfare becomes lifestyle” (2026b). Together, these works diagnose a profound crisis of human agency and institutional legitimacy in…
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Spin on History
For example, in Queensland, modern history enrolments have only declined by 1% since 2009. There has also been modest growth of 9.6% in New South Wales. The quote is from “Is history a school subject in crisis? New research shows it isn’t, at least not yet”, Rebecca Cairns and Kerri Anne Garrard, The Conversation, August…
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The Synoptic Vision of Sam Hey’s Interdisciplinary Scholarship
Abstract This essay examines Sam Hey’s Interdisciplinary Scholarship (2026) as a significant methodological and epistemological bridge between the natural sciences, developmental psychology, and pastoral theology. Structurally, Hey’s work sequentially integrates chemistry, physics, geography, and psychology with confessional education and church leadership. Its primary intent is to construct a non-blaming, relational model of human development and…
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The Magoi Manifesto: Rescuing Cognition from Institutional Dogma
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The Magoi Hermeneutic: Dismantling Institutional Arrogance and Reclaiming Cognitive Freedom Abstract This essay explores the historical concept of “magoi thinking originally a Persian Zoroastrian practice of naturalistic observation and intellectual inquiry and its systematic distortion by modern institutions and arrogant scholars who attempt to replace rigorous hermeneutics with simplistic, supernatural…
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Have you tried the MICE Quiz? MICE Cognitive Discipline Comprehension Quiz
Have you tried the MICE Cognitive Discipline Comprehension Quiz? https://notebook.google.com/notebook/5bf847cf-b85e-4b1b-acdb-3ce0ef19b21c/artifact/bd50dd8a-94a5-41fa-a5a6-b44eb25ba678?utm_source=nlm_web_share&utm_medium=google_oo&utm_campaign=art_share_1&utm_content=&utm_smc=nlm_web_share_google_oo_art_share_1_
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Resisting Algorithmic Thinking with Queensland History: How the A.I. Notebook Failed to Read and Understand Human Intelligence
Compare the series of audio files below, where the audio commentary was nasty and simplistic in understanding. THE CORRECTED AUDIO COMMENTARY: 🎧 AUDIO COMMENTARY SCRIPT Title: The Shield of the Twelve: Interdisciplinary Synthesis vs. The Altar of Autocomplete Format: Brief / Short-Form Critique (Approx. 2–3 minutes) [Sound effect: A low, rhythmic digital hum, quickly interrupted…