The behaviour of argument considered as a phenomenon in its own right, independent of anything argued about.
[1] 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)
[2] 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)
[3] 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)
[4] 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)
[5] 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)
[6] 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)
[7] 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)
[8] 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)
[9] 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)
[10] 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)
[11] 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)
[12] 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)
[13] 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)
[14] 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)
[15] 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)
[16] 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)
[17] 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)
[18] 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)
[19] 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)
[20] 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)
[21] 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)
[22] 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)
[23] 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)
[24] 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)
[25] arghXiv:2601.08234
Precision of Numerical Claims Across Successive Restatements
E. Whitlock
14 pages, 2 tables. Chains traced by hand. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)
[26] arghXiv:2506.00742v2
Timing and Relevance of Credential Disclosure in Asymmetric Exchanges
J. Redfern
11 pages, 3 tables. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Credentialism (epist.CRED) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)
[27] arghXiv:2601.02771
Equivocation Between Three Non-Equivalent Terms in Sightline Disputes
P. Duarte
12 pages, 2 tables. Definitions follow standard surveying usage and are not proposed here. Subjects: Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)
[28] arghXiv:2512.07740
Silence as Concession: Interpretive Practice in 611 Terminated Exchanges
D. Ostrowski
7 pages. Subjects: Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV)
[29] arghXiv:2512.03318
Symmetric Citation of a Nineteenth-Century Null Result in Contemporary Exchanges
E. Cavill
13 pages, 3 figures. The experiment itself is outside the scope of this archive and is not assessed. Subjects: Sourcing (epist.SRC) (primary class); History of the Field (meta.HIST); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)
[30] arghXiv:2511.09852 [pdf]
Effect of a Structured Exchange Protocol on Dispute Termination: A Controlled Comparison
E. Cavill, D. Corrigan
3 pages, 1 table. Protocol and the chair's instructions are reproduced in Appendix A. Subjects: Null and Negative Results (futil.NUL) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Moderation and Channel Governance (disc.MOD); Social Discourse (disc.SOC)
[31] arghXiv:2511.06104
Periodicity in Extended Disputes: Estimation of the Return Interval
Q. Barratt, E. Cavill, D. Corrigan
19 pages, 6 figures. The disputes observed here have since returned to the configuration described. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); General Futility (futil.GEN)
[32] arghXiv:2510.01997
Metabolic Cost of Maintaining an Unrevised Position Over Extended Intervals
T. Ferreira
12 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)
[33] arghXiv:2508.02914
Substitution of the Contested Proposition Over the Course of an Exchange
D. Ostrowski
8 pages, 1 table. Message 200 was chosen because the corpus ends there. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)
[34] arghXiv:2505.02640 [pdf]
Termination Rates in Single-Channel Disputes: An Eleven-Week Observation
D. Corrigan
3 pages, 1 table. Preliminary. A longer observation is planned. Subjects: Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)