Draft:John G. Messerly

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 and transhumanism. He has been a faculty member at The University of Texas at Austin 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 at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Personal Information

 * Born: March 26, 1955
 * Educational Background: Saint Louis University
 * Areas of Focus: Meaning of life, Transhumanism, Jean Piaget
 * Period: Contemporary philosophy
 * Official Website: Reason and Meaning

Selected Works

 * "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)
 * "The Omission of Unconditional Cooperators: A Critique of Gauthier's Argument for Constrained Maximization" (Philosophical Studies, 1992)