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David Kaplan
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American philosopher and logician
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David Benjamin Kaplan is an American logician and university teacher born in Los Angeles in 1933. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. His professional affiliations include employment at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was also educated. He resides in Los Angeles and speaks English.
Kaplan’s doctoral advisor was Rudolf Carnap. His fields of work include epistemology, logic, philosophy of language, and metaphysics. He has received the Rolf Schock Prizes and holds fellowships in both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. His work is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Benjamin
- Family name
- Kaplan
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rolf Schock Prizes
- Doctoral advisor
- Rudolf Carnap
- Field of work
- Bertrand Russell
- Official website
- philosophy.ucla.edu/person/david-kaplan
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1933-09-17
- member of
- British Academy
- different from
- David B. Kaplan
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