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Folk Historiography
Folk Historiography Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Folk historiography represents a persistent challenge to the integrity of public memory and the development of a mature democratic society. Defined as a reliance on superficial narratives that prioritize journalistic drama and patriotic myth over rigorous analytical inquiry, folk history often serves to sanitize…
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In and Out of Unity and Universality
In and Out of Unity and Universality… Abstract This essay explores the cognitive and historical movement of human thought as it oscillates between the pursuit of foundational unity and the recognition of historical contingency. By utilizing the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis maps six pivotal intellectual shifts in Western history,…
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Why do Politicians ignore contemporary philosophy? The clear answer is here…
Nihilism which is troubling and harmful is the cynicism. The philosophical nihilism actually calls for active revaluation to create new pathways for 18-34 year old people (a reference to a study), and, indeed, everyone who has the will and the capacity to re-thinking their situation. There are a few other philosophers who say some…
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The Technical Abyss and the Illusion of Social Cohesion: The Politicisation of Social Cohesion
Politicisation of Social Cohesion https://www.academia.edu/145976288/The_Technical_Abyss_and_the_Illusion_of_Social_Cohesion Attached. Politicisation of Social Cohesion Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The politicisation of social cohesion represents a critical juncture in the contemporary “Culture-History War,” where the ideal of a unified society is transformed from a goal of communicative action into an instrument of strategic manipulation.…
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The Open Question on High-Level Employment
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Fair employment is systematically subverted by the “credential currency” of modern technocracy, which prioritizes institutional conformity and mechanistic utility over genuine intellectual capacity. The question of who does not get fairly employed reveals two primary groups: the highly “overqualified” intellectual (the scholar) and the systematically marginalized (based on gender, ethnicity, or…
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Understanding Thinking in Three Questions
8 January 2026 Dr Neville Buch (ABN 86703686642) Scholar, Principal Researcher, Team Leader, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Business Office 18 Callendar Street, Sunnybank Hills 4109 AUSTRALIA cc. Drs. Michael Macklin and Neil Peach, Directors, Management Institute for Contributory Economy Dear friends, I have a message that must be acknowledged.…
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Connecting Cognition Defeats (“hooray”) Reactionary Cognition (“boo”)
THE PROBLEM Dr Neville Buch Abstract This essay examines the focus on security as a predominantly reactionary cognitive position that signals a retreat from the “thick” complexities of social reality into a “techné mindset” of calculable certainty. Drawing on the Dynamic of Cognition (DoC) framework, the analysis posits that the fixation on…
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Ideas and History
PDF File of Evidence: Ideas and History Dr Neville Buch Abstract The current climate of political resistance against independent scholarship at local, regional, and national levels is not a coordinated conspiracy but a systemic manifestation of wilful ignorance and technocratic reductionism. This resistance is rooted in a “techné” mindset that privileges measurable, immediate…
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One Syllabi
ONE MICE SYLLABI: THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF QUEENSLAND EDUCATION Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract: This proposal (preliminary in the first development of the idea) argues that the Management Institute for Contributory Economy (MICE) philosophy provides the essential theoretical and practical framework to establish “One Syllabi” for Queensland’s educational…
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The Architect of Experience: A Manual for Intelligent Living
Abstract Intelligent living is defined as the transformation of human existence from a series of passive, unreflective reactions into a deliberate act of “human authorship”. It requires the Original Synthesis of Experience, where an individual takes the disconnected data of their life—memories, sensory inputs, and cultural heritage—and weaves them into a coherent common world-picture. This…