Modal Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)First published Tue Nov 12, 2002; substantive revision Fri Oct 8, 2021 The original “modal interpretation” of non-relativistic quantum theory was born in the early 1970s, and at that time the phrase referred to a single interpretation. The phrase now encompasses a class of interpretations, and is best taken to refer to a general approach to the interpretation of quantum theory. We shall describe t
