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Two Puzzles about Requirements

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I discuss the semantics of statements of minimum and maximum requirement. I show that, on standard assumptions, such statements receive a non-sensical interpretation. I solve this puzzle by pointing out certain semantic features shared by all end-point markers akin to minimum and maximum.

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  1. Utrechts Instituut voor Linguïstiek (Universiteit Utrecht),  

    Rick Nouwen

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  1. Department of Philosophy (ILLC), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Maria Aloni , Harald Bastiaanse , Tikitu de Jager  & Katrin Schulz , ,  & 

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Nouwen, R. (2010). Two Puzzles about Requirements. In: Aloni, M., Bastiaanse, H., de Jager, T., Schulz, K. (eds) Logic, Language and Meaning. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6042. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14287-1_35

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