Modal Interpretations and Relativity
@article{Myrvold2002ModalIA,
title={Modal Interpretations and Relativity},
author={Wayne C. Myrvold},
journal={Foundations of Physics},
year={2002},
volume={32},
pages={1773-1784}
}A proof is given, at a greater level of generality than previous “no-go” theorems, of the impossibility of formulating a modal interpretation that exhibits “serious” Lorentz invariance at the fundamental level. Particular attention is given to modal interpretations of the type proposed by Bub.
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