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  1. [1] arghXiv:2608.06902

    Disputes Deferred to a Recurring Observable Occasion

    E. Cavill

    8 pages, 1 table. A follow-up to one category of arghXiv:2512.11487. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  2. [2] arghXiv:2512.11487v2 [pdf]

    Response Types to Direct Questions in Two-Party Text Disputes

    E. Cavill, D. Ostrowski

    5 pages, 1 table. The manual is Table 1, and is also kept at /help/response-types. Table 1 revised at v2: one category added, its count split from prius tu, the corpus total unchanged. Participants were not shown the codes applied to them; see arghXiv:2510.03920. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  3. [3] arghXiv:2608.06134

    Frequency of Dispute Between Participants Holding Incompatible Accounts of the Same Position

    R. Adeyemi

    10 pages, 2 tables. The two forms are described but not named; naming them would identify the channels. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  4. [4] arghXiv:2608.05219

    Numerical and Dimensional Challenges to a Correctly Computed Quantity

    S. Nakagawa

    13 pages, 3 tables. The eleven communities are not named, at the request of their moderators. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  5. [5] arghXiv:2608.04740

    Mutual Attribution of Faith in Exchanges Where Neither Position Admits a Test

    S. Nakagawa

    12 pages, 1 table. Exchanges were selected on a structural criterion and their subject is not characterised here. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  6. [6] arghXiv:2608.04471 [pdf]

    On the Non-Convergence of Terrestrial Geometry Discourse in Real-Time Text Channels

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    4 pages, 1 table. Submitted to the Journal of Irreproducible Discourse. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI); Self-Reference (meta.SELF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  7. [7] arghXiv:2608.04102

    Concordance of Participant Report With the Recorded Outcome

    P. Setterfield

    7 pages, 1 table. Validation of the register described in arghXiv:2608.02514. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  8. [8] arghXiv:2608.03771

    Reconstruction of a Nineteenth-Century Mechanical Cosmography from Published Plates

    E. Kuiper

    22 pages, 11 plates. Plates reproduced by permission. Dimensions in the plates are internally inconsistent. Subjects: History of the Field (meta.HIST) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  9. [9] arghXiv:2608.03106

    Moderator Intervention and Turn Completion in Voice Channels

    D. Corrigan

    14 pages, 4 figures. Companion to arghXiv:2608.02840; the same recordings, coded for a different purpose. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  10. [10] arghXiv:2608.02840 [pdf]

    Exits from Text in Two-Party Disputes: Voice Transfer, Image Substitution, and Deferred Citation

    E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    3 pages, 1 table. Corpus and coding manual available on request; two requests have been received. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN) (primary class); Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)

  11. [11] arghXiv:2608.02701

    A Note on the Standard of Evidence Appropriate to Extraordinary Claims

    Lionel Trask

    31 pages. Expanded from a note of four pages circulated in 2025. Subjects: Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  12. [12] arghXiv:2608.02514

    Outcomes Recorded in 1,240 Disputes: A First Register

    P. Setterfield

    8 pages. The register is maintained and is open to correction by the parties recorded in it. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  13. [13] arghXiv:2607.01654v2 (withdrawn)

    A Terminating Argument for the Bounded Case

    Q. Barratt

    Withdrawn. Cross-reference added at v2. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL)

  14. [14] arghXiv:2608.01178

    Uptake of a Descriptive Finding by the Population It Describes

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan

    18 pages, 4 figures. Follow-up to arghXiv:2511.06104. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  15. [15] arghXiv:2608.00714

    Comment on arghXiv:2607.11480

    Lionel Trask

    6 pages. Submitted as a comment; the archive does not have a comment type. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  16. [16] arghXiv:2607.13022

    Dispute Volume and Mean Duration in Four Communities, 2023 to 2026

    P. Setterfield

    11 pages, 4 figures. Series computed under the criterion of arghXiv:2604.11238. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  17. [17] arghXiv:2607.11480

    Provenance of Citations to a Primary Experimental Report in Extended Disputes

    Q. Barratt, E. Kuiper

    10 pages, 1 figure. The report itself is outside the scope of this archive and is not assessed. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); History of the Field (meta.HIST)

  18. [18] arghXiv:2607.09365

    Observer Count and the Probability of Concession

    T. Ferreira

    10 pages, 2 figures. The coders are not counted among the observers. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  19. [19] arghXiv:2607.08233

    Conduct of a Dispute Before a Silent Audience and Before None

    D. Ostrowski

    9 pages, 1 figure. The channels were paired on membership and on topic. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Audience and Observer Effects (rhet.AUD) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  20. [20] arghXiv:2606.09100v2

    Fallacy Attribution Outside Argumentative Settings

    E. Cavill

    9 pages, 1 figure. Companion to arghXiv:2607.07120, coded from the same corpus. Subjects: Social Discourse (disc.SOC) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

  21. [21] arghXiv:2607.07120 [pdf]

    Fallacy Attribution in Two-Party Disputes: Extension, Agreement, and Depth

    E. Cavill, Q. Barratt

    3 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual and the move set in Appendix A. Item 3 was not scored. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  22. [22] arghXiv:2607.05512

    Attempted Replication of a Twenty-Four-Hour Termination Criterion

    D. Corrigan, Q. Barratt

    6 pages, 1 table. Reply to arghXiv:2604.11238. A response has been offered and is awaited. Subjects: Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  23. [23] arghXiv:2607.03340

    Time to Termination Under Chairing: A Reanalysis

    M. Crozier

    5 pages, 2 tables. Reanalysis of the data of arghXiv:2511.09852, obtained from the authors. Subjects: Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD) (primary class); Replication and Non-Replication (futil.REP); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  24. [24] arghXiv:2606.14318

    Legibility of Numerical Values in Serially Re-Captured Images

    A. Hollis

    13 pages, 6 plates. Companion to arghXiv:2605.10402; a different image set, coded for generation. Subjects: Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  25. [25] arghXiv:2606.12903

    Inter-Coder Agreement on the Twenty-Four-Hour Criterion

    M. Crozier

    6 pages, 1 table. Prepared in response to the agreement figures reported in arghXiv:2512.11487. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  26. [26] arghXiv:2606.11302 (withdrawn)

    A Decisive Refutation of the Coordinate-Frame Objection

    E. Cavill

    Withdrawn. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Eristics (argu.ER)

  27. [27] arghXiv:2606.07713

    Response Latency and Attributed Impartiality in Automated Counsel

    Q. Barratt, D. Corrigan

    12 pages, 2 figures. Pre-registered. Appendix A reproduces every reply. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)

  28. [28] arghXiv:2606.02295

    Movement of the Evidential Standard Within Single Exchanges

    T. Ferreira

    11 pages, 2 tables. Distinct from proposition substitution; see arghXiv:2508.02914 for that case. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)

  29. [29] arghXiv:2605.14206

    Concurrent Responsiveness in Exchanges Recorded as Talkative Silence

    D. Ostrowski

    9 pages, 2 tables. The intervals are a subset of the corpus of arghXiv:2512.11487. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Synchronous Discourse (disc.SYN) (primary class); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  30. [30] arghXiv:2605.12088 (withdrawn)

    An Empirical Test of the Claim That the Discussion Had Been Productive

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill

    Withdrawn. Replication materials remain available. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  31. [31] arghXiv:2605.10402

    Provenance of Diagrams Circulated in Sightline Disputes

    A. Hollis

    11 pages, 2 tables. The images themselves are not reproduced. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

  32. [32] arghXiv:2605.08840

    Invocation of a Named Cognitive Finding in Adversarial Exchanges, and Its Correspondence to the Finding

    K. Lindqvist

    16 pages, 3 figures, 1 table. The finding invoked is real and is not evaluated here. Subjects: Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  33. [33] arghXiv:2605.06119

    Termination of Nineteenth-Century Scientific Disputes Under a Modern Criterion

    P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

    27 pages, 2 tables. Correspondence transcribed from published editions; dates are of posting. Subjects: History of the Field (meta.HIST) (primary class); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  34. [34] arghXiv:2605.03271

    Recall Fidelity for Positions Held in Concluded Disputes

    G. Halloran

    10 pages, 1 figure. Transcripts were not shown before the reconstruction task. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)

  35. [35] arghXiv:2604.11238 [pdf]

    Termination Rates in Two-Party Disputes Under a Twenty-Four-Hour Criterion

    P. Setterfield, M. Crozier

    3 pages, 1 table. Prepared in response to the criterion adopted in arghXiv:2505.02640. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  36. [36] arghXiv:2604.09000

    A Note on the Fallacy Fallacy

    Lionel Trask

    19 pages. The point is not original and the author does not claim it. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

  37. [37] arghXiv:2604.07061

    Transition Rates Between First-Order and Metadiscursive States in Extended Exchanges

    D. Ostrowski

    23 pages, 7 figures. Coding manual in Appendix B. The corpus is that of arghXiv:2511.06104, recoded. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  38. [38] arghXiv:2604.05880

    Expressions of Disbelief as Terminal Moves

    R. Adeyemi

    15 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual in Appendix C. Item 4 was retained after revision. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

  39. [39] arghXiv:2604.02218

    Terminological Drift as a Conflict-Avoidance Mechanism in Technical Disputes

    A. Hollis

    9 pages. Subjects: Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)

  40. [40] arghXiv:2604.01180

    Disposition of Professional Survey Evidence in Sightline Disputes

    Q. Barratt

    13 pages, 1 table. Prepared with the assistance of two chartered surveyors, who are not authors. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  41. [41] arghXiv:2603.11904

    Variation in the Cited Refraction Coefficient with the Result Required

    E. Kuiper

    9 pages, 2 figures. The Society takes no view on the observations themselves. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)

  42. [42] arghXiv:2603.09550

    Enumeration of Named Fallacies in Circulation

    Q. Barratt

    12 pages, 1 table. The lists are reproduced in Appendix B as received, including duplicates. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)

  43. [43] arghXiv:2603.08842

    Reviewer Position Formation During the Assessment of Dispute Transcripts

    A. Hollis

    21 pages, 5 figures. Corpus available on request. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH)

  44. [44] arghXiv:2603.06693

    Modern Use of the Star-Occultation Method in Contested Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    16 pages, 4 figures. The method's nineteenth-century history is outside the Society's remit and is cited only. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); History of the Field (meta.HIST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  45. [45] arghXiv:2603.05517

    Share of Message Volume Composed by Automated Counsel in Extended Disputes

    M. Vasquez

    17 pages, 4 figures. Provenance logs retained for the study period only. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  46. [46] arghXiv:2603.02419 [pdf]

    An Operational Criterion for Dispute Termination: Development and Reliability of an Assessment Schedule

    Q. Barratt, E. Cavill

    3 pages, 2 tables. Item 7 is retained in the schedule, unscored. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT); General Futility (futil.GEN)

  47. [47] arghXiv:2602.11360

    On the Reported Isolation of the Torsion Balance from Electrostatic Influence

    Lionel Trask

    24 pages. A response to arghXiv:2601.06805 was offered and declined. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  48. [48] arghXiv:2602.09117

    Domain Breadth of Confident Assertion Across Accounts

    R. Adeyemi

    18 pages, 5 figures. Accounts are identified by hash. The mapping was not retained. Subjects: Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

  49. [49] arghXiv:2602.06104 [pdf]

    Calibration of a Differential Refraction Comparator for Contested Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    2 pages, 1 table. Instrument drawings deposited with the Society. Sixth in the series. Subjects: Instrumentation (metrol.INST) (primary class); Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); History of the Field (meta.HIST)

  50. [50] arghXiv:2602.03357

    Position Acquisition Among Participants Entering an Exchange Without One

    A. Hollis

    15 pages, 3 figures. The author joined two of the exchanges described and is counted among the 512. Subjects: Eristics (argu.ER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

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