Relativistic Invariance and Modal Interpretations.
A number of arguments have been given to show that the modal interpretation of ordinary nonrelativistic quantum mechanics cannot be consistently extended to the relativistic setting. We find these arguments inconclusive. However, there is a prima facie reason to think that a tension exists between t...
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 557 - 584 |
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Oct2005
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