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Eristics (argu.ER)

Disputation undertaken for its own sake; the matter in dispute is treated as incidental.

April 2026

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] 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)