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Argumentation (argu)

Structure, duration, and outcome of disputes. Outcomes are reported where they occur.

April 2026

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] 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)

3. [3] 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)

4. [4] 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)

5. [5] 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)