Structuralist Theory of Science

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Structuralism: The Basic Ideas / Moulines, C. Ulises -- Chapter 2: Structuralism As Developed Within the Model-Theoretical Approach in the Philosophy of Science / Diederich, Werner -- Chapter 3: Scientific Explanation / Bartelborth, Thomas -- Chapter 4: Structuralism and the Interrogative Model of Inquiry / Sintonen, Matti -- Chapter 5: Pragmatic and Diachronic Aspects of Structuralism / Diederich, Werner -- Chapter 6: Truth Approximation by the Hypothetico-Deductive Method / Kuipers, Theo .F. -- Chapter 7: Probability, Confirmation and Testing from a Structuralist Perspective / Lauth, Bernhard -- Chapter 8: Theoretical Terms: Recent Developments / Balzer, Wolfgang -- Chapter 9: Holism and the Empirical Claim of Theory-Nets / Gähde, Ulrich -- Chapter 10: Symmetry and Invariance / Mühlhölzer, Felix -- Chapter 11: Bridges, Constraints, and Links / Moulines, C. Ulises / Polanski, Marek -- Chapter 12: A Rigorous Set Theoretical Foundation of the Structuralist Approach / Hinst, Peter -- Chapter 13: Categorial Structuralism / Mormann, Thomas -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter