A philosophers understanding of quantum mechanics; possibilities and impossibilities of a modal interpretation

... changing the standard understanding of the modalities 'actuality' and 'possibility.' To illustrate this non-standard treatment, consider again the fact that modal interpretations maintain that... /? and a/ ? are related by means of so-called partial traces: (2.4) with {|^) }a and {e^)}b arbitrary orthonormal bases for, respectively, Jf a and j^$}l The partial traces Wa and W& are called... Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Vermaas, Pieter E A philosopher's understanding of quantum mechanics: possibilities and impossibilities of a modal interpretation / Pieter E Vermaas p cm