> Epistemics

Epistemics (epist)

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

Recent submissions

21. [21] 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)

22. [22] 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)

23. [23] 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)

24. [24] 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)

25. [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. [26] 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)

27. [27] 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)

28. [28] 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)

29. [29] 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)

30. [30] arghXiv:2512.09230

    Stated Precision in Amateur Horizon Observations

    E. Kuiper

    11 pages, 3 figures. The Society offers calibration without charge and has done so since 1904. Subjects: Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)