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I formulate the interpretation problem of quantum mechanics as the problem of identifying all possible maximal sublattices of quantum propositions that can be taken as simultaneously determinate, subject to certain constraints that allow the representation of quantum probabilities as measures over truth possibilities in the standard sense, and the representation of measurements in terms of the linear dynamics of the theory. The solution to this problem yields a modal interpretation that I show to be a generalized version of Bohm's hidden variable theory. I argue that unless we alter the dynamics of quantum mechanics, or accept a ‘for all practical purposes’ solution, this generalized Bohmian mechanics is the unique solution to the problem of interpretation.
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Bub, J. How to interpret quantum mechanics. Erkenntnis 41, 253–273 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128832
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