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Category: Intellectual History
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A Critical Phenomenology and Epistemology of Open and Fixed Mindsets: Quantum Biology of the Open Mind
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] The “Quantum Biology of the Open Mind” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship at: Abstract The widespread popularization of Carol Dweck’s dichotomy between “growth” (open) and “fixed” mindsets has profoundly shaped contemporary educational psychology, management pedagogy, and self-help literature (Awan n.d., p. 1; Dweck 2015 cited in…
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The Spiral Historiography in the Techné Mindset
I hope that persons have not “pop” out of the online room, never to return; but I understand such reasons as ill health and the priority of other projects. That is my “innovating” thinking. The reason to hound you this morning is Tom Fishburne’s explanation of the term “disruptive innovation” and the theory for this…
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The Personalist Approach to Argument: Dialectic, Relationality, and the Spiral of Human Authorship
The “Using Personalism to Fight AI Denoetization” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay examines the philosophical foundations, communicative architecture, and societal implications of Personalism, focusing specifically on the Personalist approach to argument. Emerging historically as a revolt against both mechanistic naturalism and totalizing absolute idealism, Personalism asserts that reality…
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From Augustine’s Pears to Academic Boycotts: Fundamental Sociological Change in Australian Cultural Relations
The “From Augustine’s Pears to Academic Boycotts” audio commentary on MICE’s Contributory Economy and Human Authorship: Abstract This essay presents a critical, historical-sociological reconstruction of Fundamental Sociological Change in Australian Cultural Relations, expanding upon Dr Neville Buch’s foundational thesis of “Substantial Fairness in Semantics and Strategies for the Level Playing Field” (Buch 2026: 1–17). The…
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Part 3:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qtuiUHTbOdLdJWoNcaFGNEmuSPzGYjR2/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: Ross with Book
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Part 2:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1Ij3lOKA38c45y4imcSnDw_KOoAqCeH/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: Ross Johnston. A Documentary History of Queensland
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Part 1:The Failure of an Educational Institution and How to Spiral Forward
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IFif4d6r795_s3G2QQKAo2QSjUYVLyn9/view?usp=drive_link Featured Image: A Few of The History Ten and Partners, Christmas 2005
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What Happened to Ross Johnston?
Five Extracts from the Oral History Interviews on the 14 November 2018 with Gemini Notebook Audio Commentary directed by Dr Neville Buch: 181114_000. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_001. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_002. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_004. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 181114_006. Ross Johnston 14 November 2018 Why the UQ…
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Thank you, Richard: Knowing the message but then acting
Richard Denniss What’s the point of neoliberalism?October 5, 2026 https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/whats-the-point-of-neoliberalism
