Ars Inquirendi 2026 · your paper

Probably QUINCUNX (title TBD)

Stephen Pink (Plus Ultra Collective)

Your slot

Strand

Machine-Scale History

Day

Day 2 · Saturday 21 November 2026

Part

Afternoon — exact times to follow

Role

Talk

Participation

In person

Keynote of the strand

Peter Turchin

Abstract

The convenor's own talk: QUINCUNX as registered falsification for historical inference — pre-registration, inference/evidence firewalls, kill criteria, synthetic written worlds as calibration (public article: arsinq.com/articles/quincunx/).

Subjects

Method: falsification & agentic inferenceArchives, libraries & loss

What we need from you

A title and a short abstract (a few lines is enough)
Your pre-recorded talk (25 to 60 minutes) by 13 November 2026
Your presence at the live discussion of your strand (date below)

How the conference works

All talks except the live keynotes are pre-recorded and released a week ahead of the conference, by 13 November 2026.

The live sessions are discussions of the pre-recorded talks, held in the room at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and online.

Speakers do not register or pay.

Invitation or visa letters, and accommodation questions: write to arsinquirendi@gmail.com.