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Category: Mapping Brisbane History
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Agency, Cultural Construction, and Synoptic Vision: On Matt Patterson’s Comprehensive Examination in Sociological Theory (2009)
Dr Neville Buch and MICE in reference to the work of Matt Patterson[1] Abstract This review essay provides a critical examination of Matt Patterson’s (2009) Comprehensive Examination in Sociological Theory, analysing its foundational synthesis of sociological agency, social constructionism, and the dialectic between cultural ideas and material forces [Patterson 2009, pp. 2, 13, 25]. By…
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Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto. Ciceronian Statecraft, Spinozan Toleration, and Prophetic Praxis
We are currently witnessing an erosion of our shared intellectual life that rivals the physical threats of antiquity. As a student of the longue durée, I must issue a prophetic warning: the systematic defunding of the humanities and the reduction of education to mere technical utility is a violation of salus populi suprema lex esto.…
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Esse Quam Videri: Integrity, Historiographical Practice, and the Ciceronian Imperative in the Scholarship
This essay examines the classical philosophical dictum Esse quam videri (“To be, rather than to seem”) originally articulated by Marcus Tullius Cicero in Laelius de Amicitia (chapter 98) and analyses its operationalization in the historiographical and sociological practice of Dr. Neville Buch. The essay begins by investigating Cicero’s historical practice of esse quam Vider through…
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The Problem of Industry Marketing: Thinking and the Erosion of Authentic Communication
Featured Image: Who is Best to Write History in the Marketplace
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The Contemporary Revolution in Political Theology: From Sovereign Decisionism to Organological Judgment
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The Neuro-Philosophy of Belief and Doubt: Synthesizing Credition, False Tagging, and Uncertainty Reduction within the Dynamic of Cognition
Dr Neville Buch and MICE[1] Image Posters and PowerPoint are available through the Management Institute for Contributory Economy: email [email protected] Abstract This essay constructs a neuro-philosophical synthesis between recent empirical discoveries in cognitive neuroscience—specifically Hans-Ferdinand Angel and Rüdiger J. Seitz’s (2024) theory of credition, Erik Asp et al.’s (2012) False Tagging Theory (FTT) of ventromedial…
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Experience versus Market: Bevin Luchel’s Polemics and Kåre S. Fuglseth’s Phenomenological Education
Abstract This essay presents a comparative critical analysis of Bevin Luchel’s (2026a, 2026b, 2026c) series of market-reductionist polemics—The Desperation of Derivation, The Illusion of the Non Market Panacea, and The Mirage of the Subsidized Mind—against Kåre S. Fuglseth’s (2026) phenomenological framework of educational values and virtues. We demonstrate that Luchel’s reliance on Carl Menger’s subjective…
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Every Chapter of this story utterly awe-inspiring
Every Chapter of this story utterly awe-inspiring https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=476&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F2540060723086109%2F&show_text=true&width=267&t=0 Featured Image: Judith Wright and Jack Wright
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Moreton Bay Settlement on The Brisbane River 1824-1844: Brisbane Southside
Introduction This is not an experiment. It is the start of Stage 11 of the Mapping Brisbane History, called A.I. Renditions. Let’s be clear. A.I. Renditions are “fictions,” but if made as accurate as possible they are truthful renditions: the fiction comes as close as it can to the truth. It has been a struggle…
