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From Offence to Understanding Essay Series: Essays 1-3
Politeness and Offence: 1 of 3 in “From Offence to Understanding Essay Series” From Offence to Understanding Essay Series: There are moments of time when politeness is not a virtue because it is not just. Offence was necessarily committed to challenge unhealthy thinking. It was the virtue of candour. Fools deflect from this argument…
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Why the Disciplines and No Apologetics Part 4. Back to genuine faith and reason
For years I been hounding in ‘the public square’ about the failure of the apologetics industry which needs to be scrapped. And by apologetics industry I mean unreformed organisational humanism as much as I mean unreformed evangelicalism for the 21st century. It is time to act. I have a message that must be…
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Australian Populism: The Underside of Equalitarianism (The Black Hole of Australian Populism)
https://www.academia.edu/164471987/Australian_Populism_The_Underside_of_Equalitarianism_The_Black_Hole_of_Australian_Populism_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The resurgence of Australian populism, exemplified by the cultural orbit of figures like Pauline Hanson and the One Nation party, is frequently satirized as a “black hole” that deforms the political landscape. Drawing on the background provided by Oslo Davis’s 2026 Saturday…
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Martin Stuart-Fox: Evolutionary Historiography and the Philosophy of Martin Stuart-Fox (HAPI Past Series)
https://www.academia.edu/164298398/Martin_Stuart_Fox_Evolutionary_Historiography_and_the_Philosophy_of_Martin_Stuart_Fox_HAPI_Past_Series_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract Martin Stuart-Fox, a prominent figure at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry (HAPI), contributes a sophisticated, theoretically driven perspective to modern historiography by seeking to bridge the gap between historical narrative and evolutionary science. His work is characterized by…
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Detailed Intellectual History of Brisbane, Queensland; or “Brisbane’s Intellectual Ascent: A History of Humanistic Cognition”
BRISBANE’S INTELLECTUAL ASCENT: A HISTORY OF HUMANISTIC COGNITION https://www.academia.edu/162374166/Detailed_Intellectual_History_of_Brisbane_Queensland_or_Brisbanes_Intellectual_Ascent_A_History_of_Humanistic_Cognition_ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract The intellectual history of Brisbane is a narrative of transition from a colonial outpost characterized by “historical forgetfulness” to a burgeoning centre for inclusive humanism and digital humanism. For too long,…
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Better (Practical) Social Change to UQ
https://www.academia.edu/161285125/Better_Practical_Social_Change_to_UQ Attached: Better (Practical) Social Change to UQ Dr Neville Buch ABN: 86703686642 Abstract In the 2026–2025 Times Higher Education Subject Rankings for Arts and Humanities, the University of Queensland and Griffith University are doing poorly in two categories: Research Environment and Teaching. In 2025 the University of Queensland’s…
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Tackling Propaganda: How legitimate advocates for change can challenge opposing institutions known to use propaganda
Abstract Legitimate advocates for social change often face institutions that maintain the status quo through “institutional bullshit” and sophisticated propaganda designed to enforce orthopraxy (uniform action) rather than genuine belief. Drawing on the analysis of Joshua Kyle T. Rovero, change is not merely a political event but a universal mode of disclosure that redefines a…
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Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing in the early 21st century
Propaganda, Numbers, and Marketing are related concepts tied together by lying. Have a look at the post by “History at UQ”: Scholars at “History at UQ” are being sidelined in this propaganda campaign. There was a time that historians at “history at uq” would never undignified themselves with a…
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That Most Persons Do Not Realise How Fooled They are by a Failed Education Systems
I have never like these tests, though, as tests of observations it is a better designed test than most. The reason is that tests which require meta-theoretical observations are better that tests that are simple calculations. Here we see several A.I. mistakes on that basis. So I asked the A.I.: How…
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The Messaging of the Past Thinkers: In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work
This essay synthesizes the “messages” of the seminal thinkers identified in the Fontana Dictionary of Modern Thinkers (prior to 1983) and integrates their insights with the subsequent philosophical work of Dr. Neville Buch and his 21st-century contemporaries. https://www.academia.edu/150270892/The_Messaging_of_the_Past_Thinkers_In_Relation_to_Dr_Buchs_Work Attached: The Messaging of the Past Thinkers. In Relation to Dr Buch’s Work …