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29 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 December 2012 12:26AM

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Comment author: drnickbone 12 December 2012 05:58:27PM 0 points [-]

Or indeed see the SEP on Modal Interpretations since it is arguable that Bohmian mechanics is a special case:

Bub suggests that a number of traditional interpretations of quantum theory can be characterized as modal interpretations if the existence of a preferred observable is allowed. Notable among them are the Dirac-von Neumann interpretation, (what Bub takes to be) Bohr's interpretation, and Bohm's theory. In the last case, Bub argues that Bohm's theory can be recovered as a modal interpretation in which the R is the position observable.

There is an interesting further question about whether the modal concept of "possibility" can be further reduced... I guess Eliezer would argue that it should be.