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Category: Spiral Historiography
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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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The Insight of David Pinder on Political Foolishness
3 September 2026 I wish to highlight David Pinder’s recent essay, “Bring on the (Wise) Fool”. Pinder’s essays are available at https://davidpinder.substack.com/ To promote his work, I reproduce the essay below. I am most willing to amplify the wonderful intelligence of my friends. I appreciate the way Pinder has cleverly woven the insights together, and…
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Honesty in Politics
The “How institutions mask survival as mission“ audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: The Attempted Eclipse of Truth: Integrity, Institutionalism, and the Virtue of Honesty in a Denoetization Age I am happy to be accused “too generous”, in the audio commentary, which means that, Premier of Queensland, and the Education Minister, the…
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Erasmianism and the Re-Enchantment of the Humanist Spirit
Abstract This essay explores the historical, philosophical, and pedagogical architecture of Erasmianism—a distinctive worldview that prioritizes peace, intellectual concord, and the development of the “inward man” over dogmatic purity and ideological factionalism. Tracing its roots from a transformative educational encounter at The University of Queensland in 1984 under the mentorship of Noeline Hall, the analysis…