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Certificate of Participation ISCHE 47 and why Australian universities can’t understand their war on sociology, and what to do about it?
The perennial tension between intellectual detachment and social activism is often framed as a binary choice. However, the scholarship of Dr. Neville Buch and the broader intellectual history of the human sciences suggest that this is a false dichotomy. Drawing on the foundational axiom that ”understanding history is philosophy in practice,” this essay argues that…
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An Open Letter to Drew and Others Subject to Today’s Nonsense Political Rhetoric
27 July 2026 Dear Drew, These Marxist groups have thrown out the idea of a working class revolution and substituted for it a revolution to eliminate “white, colonial heteronormativity”. I thought they were wrong with their working class revolution but they are absolutely ridiculous with its replacement. I am enjoying the delicious irony, if only…
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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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How Brisbane City Council Cheats: The Architecture of Institutional Cheating in Brisbane Governance
Dr Neville Buch This Essay is provided exclusively for CleatCheats’ use. CleatCheats is a watchdog of unethical political behaviour, particularly in Brisbane & Queensland where subliminal behaviour is leading to deepfakes. Abstract This essay investigates the phenomenon of institutional cheating within the Brisbane City Council (BCC), defined here as the systematic violation of ethical and…
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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 Three Modalities of Artificial Intelligence Thinking
Dr Neville Buch Abstract Thinking surrounding Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is currently divided into three distinct cognitive modalities: Panic, Fashion, and Intellectual reflection. Panic thinking utilizes the “paranoid style,” casting A.I. as a looming existential threat that mirrors historical fears of total domination and the erasure of human plurality. Fashion thinking treats A.I. as a project of “liquid modernity,” emphasizing “McDonaldized” principles of efficiency,…
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THE Sustainability Impact Rating 2026: Planetary Wisdom and the Metrics of Sustainability leadership
Dr Neville Buch Abstract In 2026, Griffith University occupies a unique position within the Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings, navigating a structural tension between its foundational radicalism and contemporary neoliberal metrics. Founded in 1971 with a pioneering mandate for environmental science and interdisciplinary inquiry, Griffith represents a critical node for “thinking education in place”. This essay evaluates Griffith’s…