Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: For and Against Robustness
The 'No-Miracle' Argument for Robustness
Probabilistic Approaches to Robustness
Pragmatic Approaches to Robustness
Epistemic Independence Approaches to Robustness
Summary

Chapter 2: The Mesosome: a Case of Mistaken Observation
Introducing the Mesosome: Rasmussen and Culp
The Mesosome Experiments
Reliable Process Reasoning
Rasmussen's Indeterminism

Chapter 3: The WIMP: the Value of Model-Independence
Dark Matter and WIMPs
DAMA's Model-Independent Approach
Model-Dependent Approaches
An Historical Argument Against Robustness
Reliable Process Reasoning

Chapter 4: Perrin's Atoms and Molecules
Perrin's Table
The Viscosity of Gases
Brownian Movement: Vertical Distributions in Emulsions
Brownian Movement: Displacement, Rotation and Diffusion of Brownian Particles Taking Stock
Perrin's Realism about Molecules

Chapter 5: Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Dark Matter and the Bullet Cluster
Type Ia Supernovae and Dark Energy
Defeating Systematic Errors: the Smoking Gun
Robustness in the Dark Energy Case?

Chapter 6: Final Considerations Against Robustness
Independence and the Core Argument
The Need for Independence Does Not Equal the Need for Robustness The Converse to Robustness is Normally Resisted
The Corroborating Witness: Not a Case of Robustness
No Robustness Found in Mathematics and Logic
Robustness Fails to Ground Representational Accuracy
The Sociological Dimension of Robustness

Chapter 7: Robustness and Scientific Realism
The No-Miracle Argument for Scientific Realism
In Support of Theoretical Preservationism
Objections to Theoretical Preservationism
Realism, the Pessimistic Induction and Preservationism
The Improved Standards Response: 'Methodological Preservationism'

Conclusion

Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Bibliography
Index