David M. Kaplan

University of North Texas Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies P.O. Box 310920 Denton, TX 76203-0920 Tel: 940-565-3521 Fax: 940-565-4448 dkaplan@unt.edu

Curriculum Vitae

David M. Kaplan received his PhD in philosophy from Fordham University in 1998. Before joining the faculty at the University of North Texas in 2005, he taught as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn. He has three main areas of research: 1) Paul Ricoeur and the social-political dimensions of hermeneutics; 2) the Philosophy of Technology and the relationship between technological knowledge and practice and traditional philosophical concerns; 3) the Philosophy of Food and the social-political dimensions of technologically modified food, including genetically modified foods and functional foods (designed for specific health uses).