James Rhodes' passion for music has been his absolute lifeline. It has been the thread that has held him together through a life that has encompassed pain, conflict and turmoil. Listening to Rachmaninov on a loop as a traumatised teenager or discovering an Adagio by Bach while in a hospital ward - such exquisite miracles of musical genius have helped him survive his demons, and...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·罗兹（James Rhodes, 1975— ） 38岁未成大名却写了自传，每章前面还用最伟大的作曲家和钢琴家为自己背书：巴赫、贝多芬、舒伯特、舒曼、肖邦、拉威尔……他到底是谁？ 他曾在18岁时得到伦敦市政厅音乐及戏剧学院的奖学金，却去到爱丁堡大学，完全放弃了钢琴弹奏且退学了一年。在巴黎的汉堡王打工12个月后，他去伦敦大学学院攻读心理学，随后在伦敦工作了五年。在毁灭性的精神崩溃致使他被精神疗养院收治之后，他再次拾起了钢琴。 他现在是一位备受赞扬的职业音乐会钢琴家、作者和电视主持人。他还录过五张唱片，但最享受的还是去世界各地的音乐厅现场演奏，对，穿着牛仔裤，在曲间与听众互动，讲讲跟曲子有关的故事，自己对曲子的理解。 这一切，都因为他年幼时不寻常的经历。 译者 周河清，毕业于上海音乐学院音乐学系，曾任编辑、作曲家助理、文案撰稿等。现教音乐、写稿子...(展开全部)

Human actions unfold over time, in pursuit of ends that are not fully specified in advance. Rational Powers in Action locates these features of the human condition at the heart of a new theory of instrumental rationality. Where many theories of rational agency focus on instantaneous choices between sharply defined outcomes, treating the temporally extended and partially open-en...(展开全部)

Rationality requires that we intend the means that we believe are necessary for achieving our ends. Instrumental Rationality explores the formulation and status of this requirement of means-ends coherence. In particular, it is concerned with understanding what means-ends coherence requires of us as believers and agents, and why. Means-ends coherence is a genuine requirement of ...(展开全部)

Describing how people talk requires recording and analyzing phonetic data. This is true for researchers investigating the variant pronunciations of street names in Los Angeles, missionaries translating the Bible into a little-known tongue, and scholars obtaining data from a carefully controlled group in a laboratory experiment. Phonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures inv...(展开全部)

Describing how people talk requires recording and analyzing phonetic data. This is true for researchers investigating the variant pronunciations of street names in Los Angeles, missionaries translating the Bible into a little-known tongue, and scholars obtaining data from a carefully controlled group in a laboratory experiment. Phonetic Data Analysis examines the procedures inv...(展开全部)