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    Modal interpretations assign definite values via biorthog... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Relational holism holds in the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics.

    Modal interpretations assign definite values via biorthogonal decomposition, which is basis-dependent and interpreter-relative, not ontologically fundamental.

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    • 1.Biorthogonal decomposition depends on choice of Hilbert space basis, which is mathematically conventional, not physically privileged.
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    • 2.If value assignment requires an observer-dependent decomposition, it cannot constitute objective features of reality independent of measurement.
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    • 3.Ontological fundamentality requires basis-independence; modal interpretations lack this, so they describe epistemic rather than ontic facts.
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    • 1.Biorthogonal decomposition is uniquely determined by system-environment correlations, not arbitrarily convention-dependent as claimed.
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    • 2.Basis-dependence of *descriptions* doesn't entail basis-dependence of *facts*; general relativity's coordinate-dependence doesn't undermine ontology.
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    • 3.Modal interpretations can assign definite properties to subsystems that are observer-independent even if decomposition varies with measurement context.
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