Abraham Kaplan

Abraham Kaplan was an American philosopher born on June 11, 1918, in Odesa, Russian Empire, and passed away on June 19, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. He became a naturalized US citizen in 1930 after immigrating in 1923. Kaplan earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from UCLA in 1942. He held academic positions at New York University, UCLA, the University of Michigan, and the University of Haifa, where he also served as dean of social sciences. He was also a faculty member at the RAND Graduate School. Influenced by pragmatists like Peirce, James, and Dewey, Kaplan's notable works include "Power and Society" (1951) and "The Conduct of Inquiry" (1964), the latter being a systematic examination of the behavioral sciences. He was recognized as one of the top ten teachers in the US by Time magazine in 1966. Kaplan married Iona Judith Wax in 1939, and they had two daughters.