Skip to content
arghiv

> 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)

  11. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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)

  31. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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. [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)

Recent submissions — Epistemics (epist) — arghXiv