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There are two aspects to time evolution in the modal interpretation. One is the evolution of the set of definite properties, which, in particular in the version of Vermaas and Dieks (1995), is obviously a deterministic evolution, since in this version the definite properties of a system are given at any instant by the spectral resolution of the reduced state ρ of the system. This aspect has been studied by Bacciagaluppi, Donald and Vermaas (1995), and is treated in this same volume by Donald (hic).
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Bacciagaluppi, G. (1998). Bohm-Bell Dynamics in the Modal Interpretation. In: Dieks, D., Vermaas, P.E. (eds) The Modal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5084-2_7
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