> Epistemics

Epistemics (epist)

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

Recent submissions

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 [32] arghXiv:2511.02986 (withdrawn)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    Withdrawn.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 [33] arghXiv:2510.02244v2 (withdrawn)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)