Contents

pp v-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

1 - Introduction

pp 1-8

2 - Quantum mechanics

pp 9-21

3 - Modal interpretations

pp 22-36

Part one - Formalism

pp 37-38

4 - The different versions

pp 39-62

5 - The full property ascription

pp 63-86

6 - Joint property ascriptions

pp 87-98

7 - Discontinuities, instabilities and other bad behaviour

pp 99-134

8 - Transition probabilities

pp 135-158

9 - Dynamical Autonomy and Locality

pp 159-170

Part two - Physics

pp 171-172

10 - The measurement problem

pp 173-194

11 - The Born rule

pp 195-206

Part three - Philosophy

pp 207-208

12 - Properties, states, measurement outcomes and effective states

pp 209-223

13 - Holism versus reductionism

pp 224-251

14 - Possibilities and impossibilities

pp 252-272

15 - Conclusions

pp 273-279

Appendix A - From the bi to the spectral modal interpretation

pp 280-283

Glossary

pp 284-286

Bibliography

pp 287-292

Index

pp 293-295