Witasek's own explanation of what he calls the phantasy- modification is formulated in terms of the Meinongian theory of judgments and assumptions. Every non-modified presentation is bound up with a moment of conviction in the existence of its object (that is with a disposition to make judgments of a certain sort). In a modified presentation this moment is cancelled. Where the conviction associated with a genuine or authentic presentation invokes on behalf of this presentation an actual or at least a seriously intended relational contact with reality, this intention towards reality has been.
