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    John G. Messerly

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    Born (1955-03-26) March 26, 1955 (age 68)
    Alma materSaint Louis University
    OccupationPhilosopher

    John G. Messerly is a philosopher based in the United States, known for his work in the areas of the meaning of life, game theory[1] and transhumanism.[2] He has been a faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin[3] and received his Ph.D. from Saint Louis University, where he was mentored by Richard J. Blackwell. Messerly is an affiliate researcher at the Centre Leo Apostel for Interdisciplinary Research[4]at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

    Selected Works[edit]

    • "The Ascent of Meaning" in The Moral Life: An Introductory Reader In Ethics And Literature (Oxford University Press, 2021)
    • "Death Should Be Optional" (Salon, 2014)
    • "Religion's Smart-People Problem: The Shaky Foundations of Absolute Faith," (Salon, 2014)
    • The Meaning of Life, Religious, Philosophical, Transhumanist, and Scientific Perspectives (Darwin & Hume, 2013)
    • 'Piaget's Biology" in The Cambridge Companion to Piaget, Cambridge University Press, 2009)
    • "I'm Glad the Future Doesn't Need Us: A Critique of Joy's Pessimistic Futurism," ACM SIGCAS, 2003
    • "Psychogenesis and the History of Science: Piaget and the Problem of Scientific Change," The Modern Schoolman, 1996
    • Piaget's Conception of Evolution: Beyond Darwin and Lamarck, (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996)
    • An Introduction to Ethical Theories, (University Press of America, 1995)

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ Messerly, John (1992-07-01). "The omission of unconditional cooperators: A critique of Gauthier's argument for constrained maximization". Philosophical Studies. 67 (1): 19–39. doi:10.1007/BF00355227. ISSN 1573-0883.
    2. ↑ Messerly, John G. (2015). Who are We?: Religious, Philosophical, Scientific and Transhumanist Theories of Human Nature. Puget Sound Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9888224-3-6.
    3. ↑ "John G Messerly - Home". Author DO Series. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
    4. ↑ "John Messerly". Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Retrieved 2023-10-11.

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