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    Relational holism holds in the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics.

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    • 1.The failure of property composition implies relational holism.
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    • 2.In state |ψ9⟩, the properties of the particle pair do not supervene upon the properties of its subsystems and the spatiotemporal relations between them.
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    • 1.Modal interpretations assign definite values via biorthogonal decomposition, which is basis-dependent and interpreter-relative, not ontologically fundamental.
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    • 2.If property attribution depends on the chosen decomposition rather than intrinsic structure, the 'failure of property composition' reflects interpretive underdetermination, not genuine holism.
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    • 3.Relational holism requires that holistic properties be ontologically real, but modal interpretations lack a principled account of which properties are actually possessed.
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    • 1.Clifton's and Bub's work shows modal interpretations face the determinate-values problem: no consistent assignment covers all observables simultaneously.
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    • 2.If the properties grounding relational holism cannot be jointly determinate, the claim that the pair instantiates irreducible relational properties is undermined by internal inconsistency.
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    • 3.A holism thesis requires stable relational properties, but modal interpretations yield property assignments that are highly context-sensitive and dynamically unstable under interaction.
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    The failure of property composition implies that the quantum realm as depicted by the above version of the modal interpretation involves state non-separability and property and relational holism. State separability fails because the state of the particle pair is not generally determined by the separate states of the particles. Indeed, as is easily shown, the actual properties that the L- and the R-particle each has in the state |ψ9> are also compatible with product states in which the L- and
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