Benjamin Caplan
I grew up in Canada, did my undergrad at McGill, and went to grad school at UCLA. I started my career at the University of Manitoba and came to KU in 2017.
I'm mainly interested in metaphysics. My research in metaphysics has been on things like propositions, sets, fictional characters, works of fiction, and musical works. More recently, my teaching in metaphysics has also been on things like gender, race, disability, and sexual orientation.
Teaching Interests
- History of Analytic Philosophy
- Logic
- Metaphysics of Gender, Race, Disability, and Sexual Orientation
- Philosophy of Art
Research
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
History of Analytic Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Art
Research Interests
- Metaphysics
- Philosophy of Language
Service
I'm on the programme committee for the 2018 meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association in Montréal, and I'm the chair of the program committee for the 2019 meeting of the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association in Denver. I've been a subject editor (in Philosophy of Language) for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy since 2007.
