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    Challenges→Relational holism holds in the modal interpretation of quantum mechanics.

    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.Relational properties like entanglement genuinely constrain physical systems in ways individual properties cannot explain alone.
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    • 2.Modal interpretations assign reality only to possible states, leaving actual relational facts causally inert and explanatorily idle.
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    • 3.Without ontological commitment to holistic properties, we cannot justify why certain correlated outcomes occur rather than others.
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    • 1.Modal interpretations needn't claim properties are unreal; they can treat actuality as determined by the entire modal structure itself.
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    • 2.The indeterminacy problem affects all interpretations equally—it's about measurement, not whether holism requires ontological commitment.
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    • 3.Relational holism may be explanatorily useful without requiring that holistic properties exist as fundamental furniture of reality.
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