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Kwame Anthony Appiah

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British-American philosopher and writer

United StatesAcademicsBorn 1954 · age 72
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Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-English-American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history.

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2024Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
2024Kluge Prize
2020Philip L. Quinn Prize
2017Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
2013Carus Lectures
2012honorary doctor of Harvard University
2011National Humanities Medal
2011Freedom to Create Prize
2008Gittler Prize
2007Arthur Ross Book Award
1997Ralph J. Bunche Award
1993Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1993ASA Best Book Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-English-American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, where he joined the faculty in 2014, and has been a Silver Professor since 2025. He was previously the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Appiah was elected President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in January 2022.

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Born 1954 · age 72
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