Concept tag
#ambiguity
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Every invoice needs some approver: why does the order of quantifiers change the meaning?
I do tax returns for small businesses. One client's internal policy says: "Every invoice must be approved by some manager." Two of their managers have now spent a month arguing about it. One reads it as: each invoice needs a manager's approval,…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal4 replies156 views -
I’m a scientific realist and, after twenty-two years in the army, a political realist. Is that inconsistent?
I retired as a major after twenty-two years, the last stretch on the DMZ. At staff college we read the classic realist authors on international politics: states pursue power and security, and moral principles do not govern what they do to each…
Started by Choi Byeong-hun5 replies158 views