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Epistemics (epist)

How positions are held, warranted, and defended. Rarely how they are changed.

January 2026

1. [1] 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)

2. [2] arghXiv:2601.06805

   Re-examination of a Torsion-Balance Result Against Electrostatic and Convective Accounts

   E. Kuiper

   20 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables. Apparatus rebuilt to the original dimensions. Drawings with the Society. Subjects: Instrumentation (metrol.INST) (primary class); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

3. [3] 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)

4. [4] arghXiv:2601.05529

   Detection of Machine-Generated Text by Participants in Adversarial Exchanges

   R. Adeyemi

   13 pages, 2 figures. Subjects: Oracle-Mediated Rhetoric (rhet.AI) (primary class); Eristics (argu.ER); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)

5. [5] 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)