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Marty, by contrast, retained the irrealia, though with certain revisions in light of his correspondence with Brentano.
Anton Marty Rollinger, Robin 2008
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During this time Brentano allowed for a host of irrealia, such as a lack, a possibility, an impossibility, etc.
Anton Marty Rollinger, Robin 2008
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Brentano therefore spent much of his philosophical effort during his retirement analyzing away all the talk of irrealia, which he had accepted in his Vienna period.
Anton Marty Rollinger, Robin 2008
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Though Brentano and the early Marty had allowed for irrealia strictly as objects immanent to consciousness, Brentano came to reject this theory in favor of saying that the non-real consists only of linguistic fictions.
Anton Marty Rollinger, Robin 2008
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It’s the combination of if + backshift that signals irrealia: If it rained (tomorrow) we would play cards.
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