Ultimately, Brentano rejected all entia rationis, that is, intentional objects, immanent objects, states of affairs, existence and non-existence, modalities, relations, probabilities, universals, Gestalten, time and space, Aristotelian forms, contents of judgements, etc.. His final ontological theory was based on the equality: being = entia realia = things.
What undergo "existence changes" are atomic states of affairs (configurations of objects): a state of affairs exists with respect to one world but fails to exist with respect to another.
In the latter, at each stage we postulate a new, distinct, state of affairs, whose existence is required by the existence of the state of affairs of the previous stage.
Addressing the United Nations last fall, President Barack Obama took a moment to highlight for fellow world leaders what he called "the most important fact" about the state of global affairs: Human existence on planet Earth is good — and getting better.
The speech act thus brings a state of affairs into existence.
"The fact of the matter is that each party to this alleged affair denied its existence in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2017 and now again in 2018, Daniels said in a statement.
He's kept his affair, and my existence, a secret from them.
Edwards's affair, and the existence of his illegitimate child, were first reported by the National Enquirer.
With the fact of the affair and the existence of the child now being made public, one must question whether it is only a matter of time before Baena pursues Schwarzenegger for more support.
Her regret is appropriate because a bad state of affairs is brought into existence (say, the child's discomfort), even when bringing this state of affairs into existence is morally required.
Here, as it were, are the cocktails and wire-taps and love affairs of Oppenheimer's existence, his looks and conversation, the way he smoked the cigarettes and pipe that killed him, his famous pork-pie hat and splayed walk, and all the tics and affectations that his students imitated and the patriots and military men despised.
