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Credentialism (epist.CRED)

Authority as a substitute for, and obstacle to, evidence.

Recent submissions

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] 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)

3. [3] 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)

4. [4] 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)

5. [5] 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)

6. [6] arghXiv:2602.00913

   A Lower Bound on the Number of Sources Required to Settle a Question Already Settled

   N. Achterberg

   14 pages, 2 tables. A referee has requested a further source. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Sourcing (epist.SRC) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); General Futility (futil.GEN)

7. [7] 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)

8. [8] 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)

9. [9] arghXiv:2507.03310

   Symmetric Consultation of Automated Counsel in Two-Party Disputes

   S. Nakagawa

   16 pages, 4 figures. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Credentialism (epist.CRED); Sourcing (epist.SRC)