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David M. Kaplan

Title: Chair

Department: Philosophy and Religion

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Fordham University, 1998
    Major: Philosophy
  • MA, Fordham University, 1993
    Major: Philosophy
  • BA, Tulane University, 1988
    Major: Philosophy

Current Scheduled Teaching

PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2024
PHIL 6760.001Topics in Environmental PhilosophyFall 2024

Previous Scheduled Teaching

PHIL 6950.717Doctoral DissertationSpring 2024
PHIL 4970.002Philosophy CapstoneSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2023
PHIL 3900.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsFall 2023
PHIL 6950.717Doctoral DissertationSpring 2023
PHIL 4970.002Philosophy CapstoneSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5900.003Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PHIL 6900.002Special ProblemsSpring 2023
PHIL 5900.003Special ProblemsFall 2022
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsFall 2022
PHIL 5250.001Topics in the History of PhilosophyFall 2022 SPOT
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 4900.002Special ProblemsSpring 2022
PHIL 6900.002Special ProblemsSpring 2022
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.004Doctoral DissertationSpring 2021
PHIL 5950.001Master's ThesisSpring 2021
PHIL 4970.001Philosophy CapstoneSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5900.008Special ProblemsSpring 2021
PHIL 5900.11Special ProblemsSpring 2021
PHIL 5250.001Topics in the History of PhilosophySpring 2021 SPOT
PHIL 3310.001Ancient PhilosophyFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.003Doctoral DissertationFall 2020
PHIL 3400.001Ethical TheoryFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2020
PHIL 4970.001Philosophy CapstoneSpring 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodSpring 2020 Syllabus
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2020
PHIL 5900.711Special ProblemsSpring 2020
PHIL 3310.001Ancient PhilosophyFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5100.001Ancient PhilosophyFall 2019 SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2019
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2019
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2019
PHIL 3400.001Ethical TheorySpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 2500.001Introduction to Contemporary Environmental IssuesSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3100.001AestheticsFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
PHIL 3400.001Ethical TheorySpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2018
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2018
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
PHIL 4400.001MetaphysicsFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6760.001Topics in Environmental PhilosophyFall 2017 SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W1 2017
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
PHIL 3400.001Ethical TheorySpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6250.001AestheticsFall 2016 SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3450.001Philosophy of TechnologySpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2016
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 3120.001Social and Political PhilosophyFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsFall 2015
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
PHIL 3330.001Modern PhilosophySpring 2015 Syllabus
PHIL 5400.001Seminar in Ethical TheorySpring 2015
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
PHIL 3400.001Ethical TheoryFall 2014 Syllabus
PHIL 4300.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2014 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
PHIL 5500.001Philosophy of Science and TechnologySpring 2014
PHIL 3450.001Philosophy of TechnologySpring 2014 Syllabus
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2014
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
PHIL 4600.001PhenomenologyFall 2013 Syllabus
PHIL 3900.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2013 Syllabus
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsFall 2013
PHIL 6250.001AestheticsSpring 2013
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
PHIL 3900.001Philosophy of FoodSpring 2013 Syllabus
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2013
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
PHIL 5910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2012
PHIL 4970.001Capstone SeminarSpring 2012 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
PHIL 1800.001Philosophy of SelfSpring 2012 Syllabus
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2012
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2012
PHIL 3100.001AestheticsFall 2011 Syllabus
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationFall 2011
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2011
PHIL 6910.709Special ProblemsFall 2011
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
PHIL 6910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
PHIL 4970.001Capstone SeminarSpring 2011 Syllabus
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2011
PHIL 6960.001Semester in Problems of PhilosophySpring 2011
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2011
PHIL 4910.709Special ProblemsSpring 2011
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2010
PHIL 3900.001Philosophy of FoodFall 2010 Syllabus
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2010
PHIL 4900.702Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2010
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 10W 2010
PHIL 5910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
PHIL 6900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2010
PHIL 4600.001PhenomenologySpring 2010 Syllabus
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2010
PHIL 4970.001Capstone SeminarFall 2009 Syllabus
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisFall 2009
PHIL 6120.001Social and Political PhilosophyFall 2009
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2009
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2009
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSummer 5W1 2009
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSummer 5W2 2009
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2009
PHIL 4910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2009
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2009
PHIL 5910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2009
PHIL 4970.001Capstone SeminarSpring 2009
PHIL 6950.709Doctoral DissertationSpring 2009
PHIL 5950.709Master's ThesisSpring 2009
PHIL 5960.002Seminar in Problems of PhilosophySpring 2009
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2009
PHIL 4910.709Special ProblemsSpring 2009
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2009
PHIL 4970.001Capstone SeminarFall 2008
PHIL 4600.001PhenomenologyFall 2008
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2008
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
PHIL 5910.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2008
PHIL 2600.001Ethics in ScienceSpring 2008
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2008
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2008
PHIL 6100.001AestheticsFall 2007
PHIL 4960.002Proseminar in PhilosophyFall 2007
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2007
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsFall 2007
PHIL 5900.709Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2007
PHIL 2600.001Ethics in ScienceSpring 2007
PHIL 5960.001Seminar in Problems of PhilosophySpring 2007
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2007
PHIL 3330.001Modern PhilosophyFall 2006
PHIL 4960.003Proseminar in PhilosophyFall 2006
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsFall 2006
PHIL 3310.001Ancient PhilosophySpring 2006
PHIL 5960.002Seminar in Problems of PhilosophySpring 2006
PHIL 4900.709Special ProblemsSpring 2006
PHIL 5910.709Special ProblemsSpring 2006
PHIL 3100.001AestheticsFall 2005
PHIL 3120.001Introduction to Social and Political PhilosophyFall 2005

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Kaplan, D.M. (2020). Food Philosophy. Columbia University Press.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2019). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics, 2nd edition.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2017). Philosophy, Technology, and the Environment.
  • David M. Kaplan and Paul P. Thompson. (2014). Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics.
  • David M. Kaplan. (2012). The Philosophy of Food.
  • David M. Kaplan. (2010). Readings in the Philosophy of Technology, 2nd edition.
  • David M. Kaplan. (2008). Reading Ricoeur.
  • David M. Kaplan. (2003). Ricoeur's Critical Theory.
  • Book Chapter

  • Kaplan, D.M., Reijers, W., , A.R., Coeckelbergh, M. Ricoeur's Critical Theory of Technology. Interpreting Technology: Ricoeur on Questions Concerning Ethics and Technology. Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2016). "Food and Technology." In Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics. Routledge.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2015). "Narratives of Food, Agriculture, and the Environment." In Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics. Oxford University Press.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2015). "What Wrong with Artificial Ingredients?" In Philosophy Comes to Dinner. Routledge.
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2014). "Introduction to Food Ethics." In Food Ethics.
  • Philip Brey, Adam Briggle, and Edward Spence, ed.. (2012). "What's Wrong with Processed Food?" In The Good Life in a Technological Age.
  • Farhang Erfani. (2011). "Paul Ricoeur and the Philosophy of Technology." In Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005): Remembering a Life, Continuing the Work.
  • George H. Taylor and Francis J. Mootz III, ed.. (2011). "Thing Hermeneutics." In Gadamer and Ricoeur: Critical Horizons for Contemporary Hermeneutics.
  • Brian Treanor and Henry Isaac Venema ed.. (2010). "Paul Ricoeur and Development Ethics." In A Passion for the Possible: Thinking With Paul Ricoeur.
  • J. Olsen, S. Pederson, and V. Hendricks. (2009). "Agricultural Ethics." In A Companion to Philosophy of Technology.
  • J. Olsen, S. Pederson, and V. Hendricks. (2009). "Food Ethics." In A Companion to Philosophy of Technology.
  • J. Olsen, S. Pederson, and V. Hendricks. (2009). "Technology and Capitalism." In A Companion to Philosophy of Technology.
  • J. Olsen, S. Pederson, and V. Hendricks. (2009). "Technology and Globalization." In A Companion to Philosophy of Technology.
  • J. Olsen, E. Selinger, S. Riis, ed.. (2008). "How to Read Technology Critically,".
  • J. Olsen, E. Selinger, S. Riis. (2008). "How to Read Technology Critically." In New Waves in Philosophy of Technology.
  • David M. Kaplan, ed.. (2008). "Ricoeur's Critical Theory,".
  • Frederick Adams, ed. (2007). "What's Wrong With Functional Foods?".
  • Andrzej Wiercinski, ed.. (2005). "Ricoeur's Theory of Truth: From Phenomenology to Communicative Action." In The Hermeneutic Turn in Phenomenology.
  • Frederick Adams, ed.. (2004). "What's Wrong With Genetically Modified Food?".
  • Book Review

  • John Hall, William Schweiker, W. David Hall. (2004). Paul Ricoeur and Contemporary Moral Thought.
  • Jean-Pierre Changeux & Paul Ricoeur. (2004). What Makes Us Think ?.
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Kaplan, D.M. (2014). "Food Ethics," entry in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, 2nd edition. MacMillan Publishers.
  • J. Baird Callicott and Robert Frodeman. (2008). "Food," entry in Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy.
  • Donald Borchert. (2006). "Paul Ricoeur," entry in Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Second Edition.
  • Carl Mitcham. (2005). "Herbert Marcuse," entry in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics.
  • Carl Mitcham. (2005). "The World Trade Organization," entry in Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics.
  • Journal Article

  • Kaplan, D.M. (2021). Hunger Hermeneutics. Topoi. 39 (4)
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2009). "What Things Still Don't Do,".
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2007). "Paul Ricoeur and the Nazis". Research in Phenomenology. 37 (2)
  • Kaplan, D.M. (2007). "Paul Ricoeur and the Philosophy of Technology,". Journal of French Philosophy. 16 (2)
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