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Through sensible intuition our consciousness constitutes what Husserl calls a " situation of affairs " ( Sachlage ).

It is a passive constitution where objects themselves are presented to us.

To this situation of affairs, through categorial intuition, we are able to constitute a " state of affairs " ( Sachverhalt ).

One situation of affairs through objective acts of consciousness ( acts of constituting categorially ) can serve as the basis for constituting multiple states of affairs.

For example, suppose a and b are two sensible objects in a certain situation of affairs.

We can use it as basis to say, " a < b " and " b > a ", two judgments which designate the same state of affairs.

For Husserl a sentence has a proposition or judgment as its meaning, and refers to a state of affairs which has a situation of affairs as a reference base.