Kaplan, David(1933–) An American philosopher and logician, David Benjamin Kaplan was born in Los Angeles in 1933 and has spent his career mainly at the University of California, Los Angeles: first as an undergraduate student (AB in Philosophy,...

David Benjamin Kaplan (born 1933) is an American philosopher and logician teaching at UCLA. His philosophical work focuses on logic, philosophical logic, modality, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. He is best known for his work on...

David Hall was first, last--and forever--a philosopher. And he was a very good one. As a philosopher, he was a self-confessed "pragmatist," where the defining characteristic of a pragmatist as he understood it is to become your best thoughts. And David had some...

The newly promoted editor of Congressional Quarterly (CQ), David Kaplan, met an untimely death in the hands of a gunman in his apartment. The 34-year-old pride of CQ is best remembered for his professional zeal, honesty and good nature. Family, friends and co-workers gathered...

It is one of sport's most enduring images: New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra leaping into Don Larsen's arms after the final out of the pitcher's perfect game in the 1956 World Series.For decades, it also was considered one of the few images that survived...

An airboat speeding across the sawgrass and mud. A ringing in the ears when the engine was cut. Moaning. Screams for help. Desperate gasps at the water's surface. Helicopters in the distance. Christmas carols.These are the sounds Bud Marquis heard in the black swamp that...