> Epistemics

Epistemics (epist)

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

Recent submissions

1. [1] arghXiv:2608.06902

   Disputes Deferred to a Recurring Observable Occasion

   E. Cavill

   8 pages, 1 table. A follow-up to one category of arghXiv:2512.11487. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)

2. [2] arghXiv:2608.05219

   Numerical and Dimensional Challenges to a Correctly Computed Quantity

   S. Nakagawa

   13 pages, 3 tables. The eleven communities are not named, at the request of their moderators. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP); General Futility (futil.GEN)

3. [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. [4] 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)

5. [5] arghXiv:2608.02701

   A Note on the Standard of Evidence Appropriate to Extraordinary Claims

   Lionel Trask

   31 pages. Expanded from a note of four pages circulated in 2025. Subjects: Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

6. [6] arghXiv:2608.00714

   Comment on arghXiv:2607.11480

   Lionel Trask

   6 pages. Submitted as a comment; the archive does not have a comment type. Subjects: Self-Reference (meta.SELF) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER); Sourcing (epist.SRC)

7. [7] 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)

8. [8] 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)

9. [9] 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)

10. [10] arghXiv:2606.02295

    Movement of the Evidential Standard Within Single Exchanges

    T. Ferreira

    11 pages, 2 tables. Distinct from proposition substitution; see arghXiv:2508.02914 for that case. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Non-terminating Dispute (argu.LOOP)