> Epistemics

Epistemics (epist)

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

February 2026

1. [1] arghXiv:2602.11360

   On the Reported Isolation of the Torsion Balance from Electrostatic Influence

   Lionel Trask

   24 pages. A response to arghXiv:2601.06805 was offered and declined. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

2. [2] 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)

3. [3] arghXiv:2602.01771

   Repetition of a Contested Levelling Line Under the Original Conditions

   N. Achterberg

   12 pages, 3 figures. The staves were the ones used in the original run. Subjects: Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO) (primary class); Instrumentation (metrol.INST); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

4. [4] 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)