How positions are held, warranted, and defended. Rarely how they are changed.
[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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)
[11] arghXiv:2605.10402
Provenance of Diagrams Circulated in Sightline Disputes
A. Hollis
11 pages, 2 tables. The images themselves are not reproduced. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Image and Non-Textual Argument (rhet.IMG) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)
[12] 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)
[13] arghXiv:2605.03271
Recall Fidelity for Positions Held in Concluded Disputes
G. Halloran
10 pages, 1 figure. Transcripts were not shown before the reconstruction task. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)
[14] arghXiv:2604.09000
A Note on the Fallacy Fallacy
Lionel Trask
19 pages. The point is not original and the author does not claim it. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)
[15] arghXiv:2604.05880
Expressions of Disbelief as Terminal Moves
R. Adeyemi
15 pages, 2 tables. Coding manual in Appendix C. Item 4 was retained after revision. Response types: /help/response-types. Subjects: Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV) (primary class); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Outcome and Concession (argu.OUT)
[16] 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)
[17] arghXiv:2603.11904
Variation in the Cited Refraction Coefficient with the Result Required
E. Kuiper
9 pages, 2 figures. The Society takes no view on the observations themselves. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Calibration and Uncertainty (metrol.CAL); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO)
[18] arghXiv:2603.09550
Enumeration of Named Fallacies in Circulation
Q. Barratt
12 pages, 1 table. The lists are reproduced in Appendix B as received, including duplicates. Subjects: Method and Instrumentation (meta.METH) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC); Moves and Tactics (argu.MOV); Terminology and Definition (disc.LEX)
[19] 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)
[20] arghXiv:2603.06693
Modern Use of the Star-Occultation Method in Contested Horizon Observations
E. Kuiper
16 pages, 4 figures. The method's nineteenth-century history is outside the Society's remit and is cited only. Subjects: Refraction and Sightline (metrol.REF) (primary class); Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO); History of the Field (meta.HIST); Sourcing (epist.SRC)
[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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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)
[31] arghXiv:2512.03318
Symmetric Citation of a Nineteenth-Century Null Result in Contemporary Exchanges
E. Cavill
13 pages, 3 figures. The experiment itself is outside the scope of this archive and is not assessed. Subjects: Sourcing (epist.SRC) (primary class); History of the Field (meta.HIST); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)
[32] arghXiv:2511.02986 (withdrawn)
Derivation of a Linear Scale Factor from the Circle Constant
J. Redfern
Withdrawn. Subjects: Geodesy and Survey (metrol.GEO) (primary class); Verification and Provenance (epist.VER)
[33] arghXiv:2510.02244v2 (withdrawn)
A Complete Account of the Civilian Positioning Problem
Lionel Trask
Withdrawn. The author has asked that the record show it was not refuted. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC)
[34] arghXiv:2510.01997
Metabolic Cost of Maintaining an Unrevised Position Over Extended Intervals
T. Ferreira
12 pages, 1 figure, 3 tables. Subjects: General Futility (futil.GEN) (primary class); Social Discourse (disc.SOC); Confidence and Calibration (epist.CONF)
[35] arghXiv:2509.02063
On the Absence of an Independent Verification of Orbital Provenance in Civilian Positioning Systems
Lionel Trask
17 pages. Correspondence to the author is welcomed. Subjects: Verification and Provenance (epist.VER) (primary class); Sourcing (epist.SRC)
[36] 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)