Finding the Mean: Theory and Practice in Aristotelian Political Philosophy. By Stephen G. Salkever. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. 287p. $35.00. - Aristotle on the Human Good. By Richard Kraut. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989, 379p. $37.50.

1992 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 220-221
Author(s):  
William A. Galston
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Princeton University ◽  
Human Good ◽  
The Mean

Finding the Mean, Theory and Practice in Aristotelian Political Philosophy

1993 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 145-146
Author(s):  
Sarah Broadie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Mean

Finding the mean: theory and practice in Aristotelian political philosophy

1991 ◽  
Vol 28 (06) ◽  
pp. 28-3535-28-3535
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Mean

Limit tolerances for sums of measurement errors

2018 ◽  
Vol 934 (4) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
V.I. Salnikov
Keyword(s):  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Mean Square Error ◽  
Gaussian Distribution ◽  
Measurement Errors ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Mean Square ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Limiting Values ◽  
Limiting Value

The question of calculating the limiting values of residuals in geodesic constructions is considered in the case when the limiting value for measurement errors is assumed equal to 3m, ie ∆рred = 3m, where m is the mean square error of the measurement. Larger errors are rejected. At present, the limiting value for the residual is calculated by the formula 3m√n, where n is the number of measurements. The article draws attention to two contradictions between theory and practice arising from the use of this formula. First, the formula is derived from the classical law of the normal Gaussian distribution, and it is applied to the truncated law of the normal distribution. And, secondly, as shown in [1], when ∆рred = 2m, the sums of errors naturally take the value equal to ?pred, after which the number of errors in the sum starts anew. This article establishes its validity for ∆рred = 3m. A table of comparative values of the tolerances valid and recommended for more stringent ones is given. The article gives a graph of applied and recommended tolerances for ∆рred = 3m.

scholarly journals François Fénelon: Modern philosopher or conservative theologian?

2021 ◽  
pp. 147488512110020
Author(s):  
Alexandra Oprea
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
Political Philosopher

Ryan Patrick Hanley makes two original claims about François Fénelon: (1) that he is best regarded as a political philosopher, and (2) that his political philosophy is best understood as “moderate and modern.” In what follows, I raise two concerns about Hanley’s revisionist turn. First, I argue that the role of philosophy in Fénelon’s account is rather as a handmaiden of theology than as an autonomous area of inquiry—with implications for both the theory and practice of politics. Second, I use Fénelon’s writings on the education of women as an illustration of the more radical and reactionary aspects of his thought. Despite these limits, the book makes a compelling case for recovering Fénelon and opens up new conversations about education, religion, political economy, and international relations in early modern political thought.

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