Background
Kaplan, Abraham was born on June 11, 1918 in Odessa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Joseph and Chava (Lerner) Kaplan. came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1930.
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Kaplan, Abraham was born on June 11, 1918 in Odessa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Joseph and Chava (Lerner) Kaplan. came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1930.
Bachelor of Arts, College St. Thomas, 1937; postgraduate, University of Chicago, 1937-1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Los Angeles, 1942; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, U. Judaism, 1962; Doctor of Hebrew Literature, Hebrew Union College, 1971.
His thinking was influenced by pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey. Kaplan"s parents were Joseph J. and Chava (Lerner) Kaplan. Abraham"s father was a rabbi.
He was raised in Odessa, Ukraine.
He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1930, after immigrating to the country in 1923. He was assistant professor at New York University from 1940-1945.
He then returned to the University of California, Los Angeles Department of Philosophy as assistant professor for the next four years of his life, and associate professor for three years after that. Kaplan became a professor of philosophy in 1952, and stayed there for twelve years.
He was also chair of the department for those twelve years, along with two years past that.
He taught at the University of Michigan from 1962 to 1972 as well. Then in 1978 he moved to teaching at University of Haifa in Israel, where he also served as dean of the faculty of social sciences. Kaplan also taught at Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, the University of Hawai"i at Manoa and several other schools.
He was also president of the American Philosophical Association from 1947 to 1958.
His co-authored book with Harold Lasswell Power and Society: a framework for political inquiry was published in 1950. His The conduct of inquiry: methodology for behavioral science was published in 1964.
Kaplan was named one of the top ten teachers in the United States in 1966 by Time magazine. He also traveled to India, Israel, and Japan to study their cultures and beliefs.
On November 17, 1939, Abraham Kaplan married Iona Judith Wax, a child psychologist.
They had two children: Karen Eva Kaplan Diskin and Jessica Aryia Kaplan Symonds.
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Member American Philosophical Association (president Pacific division 1957-1958), Israel Philosophical Association (president 1976-1993), American Society Aesthetics, Association Legal and Political Philosophy, International Association Applied Social Scientists (Charter), Association Jewish Philosophy, Academy Psychoanalysis, National Training laboratories M C.
Married Iona Judith Wax, November 17, 1939. Children: Karen Eva Kaplan Diskin, Jessica Ariya Kaplan Symonds.
