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Category: Concepts in UQ Philosophy and History
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Teaching Documentation: Understanding History is Philosophy in Practice – ISCHE 47
Featured Image: CIAE Diploma of Teaching Graduates of late 1970s. Dave Jack and Denis Sheehan with Queensland historian, the late Dr Jack Ford, in the centre of the image.
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Philosophy Today: New York Times, 6 July 2026
MORNING READ Black-and-white head shots of David Chalmers, Dillon Plunkett, Rosie Campbell and Robert Long. Aaron Wojack for The New York Times (top left); Ian C. Bates for The New York Times Call it the revenge of the philosophy majors: With the rise of artificial intelligence, cutting-edge labs like Anthropic and DeepMind are hiring experts…
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Declining Quality and Implications for Elitism: Democratic Elitism and the Spiral Theory of Stupidity
Dr Neville Buch Abstract When I wake up in the morning and listen to the radio news broadcast, I am bewildered. Have I left the earth time zone to end up in a bizarre alien landscape? As I analyse the situation, the thoughts are there being a world of ‘news as entertainment’ without any history,…
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The Popularity in the Semantics of Care. The Hunger for Human Authorship and Intellectual Renewal
Dr Neville Buch Abstract On 16 June 2026, Dr. Buch, on the Academia.Edu platform, achieved 16,925 document views, 49 profile views, and 284 unique visitors. The next day, what was achieved was 13,373 document views, 209 profile views, and 1,635 unique visitors. The trend had begun on 15 June with 10,532 document views, 3 profile…
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History as Philosophy in a Contributory Economy
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay translates the “MICE Research Report on the 2026 AHA Conference” into a comprehensive academic analysis of the role of history within the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework. Centred on the 2026 Australian Historical Association (AHA) conference theme, ”Changing Minds,” the essay posits that historical inquiry is not a static archival endeavor…
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Don’t Be Distracted: The Architecture of Distraction and the Reclaiming of Human Authorship
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay examines the systemic threat of ”crowd-pleasing thinking” within intellectual communities, identifying it as a primary driver of denoetization—the mechanical liquidation of human judgment. By contrasting the rushed, simulated sterility of the Great American State Fair with the parochial nostalgia of the Australian local history industry, the analysis reveals how both phenomena function as “soporific” myths that facilitate Historical Forgetfulness. Drawing…
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The Calanthe Years: Judith Wright and Jack McKinney
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The Archimedean Illusion: Williams, Rawls, and the Humanistic Discipline
Abstract William’s meta-critique of contemporary ethics foresaw several problems identified by Bernard Stiegler, Susan Haack, and Nel Noddings, among others. This includes practices of denoetization, regression in the abuse of logic, specialised ignorance, and plain uncaring. Rawl’s Theory of Justice unintentionally opened the doorway to these soul-destroying mental practices, which leads to unfortunate behaviour. The…
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What is Wrong with Collective Responsibility? Beyond Neutrality: The Myth of Institutional Detachment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay provides a critical assessment of Nick Cater’s recent critique of Western institutions, specifically his condemnation of the Hampshire Police’s embrace of anti-racism as a departure from the “classical liberal ideal of neutrality”. Utilizing the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) framework, the analysis argues that Cater’s argument rests on…
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Two Academic Papers on Spectrums of Belief, Spiral Historiography and the Dynamic of Cognition
How Spectrums go Wrong? Beyond Blunt Binaries in Social Analysis: Abstract This essay critically evaluates the use of spectrums and typologies as analytical tools within the humanities and social sciences. It argues that not all spectrums possess equal explanatory power; rather, there exists a hierarchy ranging from “blunt” categorical oppositions to dynamic cognitive maps. Broad spectrums…