Structuralist Theory of Science: Focal Issues, New Results

answers Architectonic assumption axioms Balzer base sets basic theory-element bijection Borel sets Cartesian product category theory concept constraints coordinate systems defined Definition denote determining link domain echelon scheme embedding empirical claim empirical theories entailment link equivalence relation erotetic example explanation explanatory successes explication fact falsified formal Fraassen Gähde Galilei HD-method hence holism hypothesis idealized theory instantial failures instrumentalist intended applications intuitively invariance of scale Kitcher logic means morphisms Moulines natural numbers NBGU Newtonian mechanics notion objects partial potential models phenomena Philosophy of Science physical pragmatic questions reconstruction relation scientific theories semantic sense sequence set of intended set theoretical Sintonen Sneed spacetime special laws Stegmüller structuralist structure species subset Suppes symmetric relation symmetry T-theoretical theoretical terms theory core theory element theory-element theory-net theory's transformations truth approximation van Fraassen Vi(i