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Category: Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History
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The Problem of Industry Marketing: Thinking and the Erosion of Authentic Communication
Featured Image: Who is Best to Write History in the Marketplace
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The Contemporary Revolution in Political Theology: From Sovereign Decisionism to Organological Judgment
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The Architecture of Intellectual Renewal: A Comprehensive Analysis of the 131 Influencers on Dr. Neville Buch’s Work
Abstract This is a Modern History Curriculum Package and essay, an exhaustive, source-grounded analysis of the 131 foundational thinkers catalogued in Dr. Neville Buch’s formal document, List of Influencers on Dr Buch’s Work. Operating across two primary epochal groupings—Contemporary and Old 20th Century—and spanning disciplines including Anthropology, Australian and Regional Historiography, Education, Ethics, Intellectual History,…
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The Architecture of Reform and The Self-Defeating Spiral
https://www.academia.edu/175403989/The_Architecture_of_Reform_A_Comparative_Analysis_of_Political_Cognition_and_Policy_Intelligence_1950s_vs_2020s Political reform is fundamentally an ontological movement, navigating the subject from the state of Geworfenheit (thrownness) toward the restoration of human authorship. This analysis employs Dr. Neville Buch’s Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) to contrast the “thick” ethical knowledge of the 1950s with the “analytical abyss” of the 2020s. In the mid-20th century, reform was…
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The Neuro-Philosophy of Belief and Doubt: Synthesizing Credition, False Tagging, and Uncertainty Reduction within the Dynamic of Cognition
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] Image Posters and PowerPoint are available through the Management Institute for Contributory Economy: email [email protected] Abstract This essay constructs a neuro-philosophical synthesis between recent empirical discoveries in cognitive neuroscience—specifically Hans-Ferdinand Angel and Rüdiger J. Seitz’s (2024) theory of credition, Erik Asp et al.’s (2012) False Tagging Theory (FTT) of ventromedial…
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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…