British American philosopher and writer (born 1954)
Kwame Anthony Appiah
FRSL
Appiah in 2007
Born
(1954-05-08) 8 May 1954 (age 69)
London, England
Alma mater
Clare College, Cambridge
Spouse
Henry Finder
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy African philosophy
School
Cosmopolitanism
Thesis
Conditions for conditionals (1981)
Main interests
Probabilistic semantics, political theory, moral theory, intellectual history, race and identity theory
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Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony AppiahFRSL (/ˈæpiɑː/AP-ee-ah; born 8 May 1954) is a British-American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University,[2] before moving to New York University (NYU) in 2014.[3] He holds an appointment at the NYU Department of Philosophy and NYU's School of Law.[4] Appiah was elected President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in January 2022.[5]
^Appiah, Kwame Anthony (9 November 2010), "Religious Faith and John Rawls", The New York Review of Books.
^"LAPA Faculty Associate: Kwame Anthony Appiah". lapa.princeton.edu. Program in Law and Public Affairs, Princeton University. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013.
^Schuessler, Jennifer (26 November 2013). "Noted Philosopher Moves to N.Y.U. — and Beyond". The New York Times.
^"NYU Law welcomes renowned philosopher Kwame Appiah to the faculty". law.nyu.edu. School of Law, NYU. 26 November 2013.
^Weinberg, Justin (28 January 2022). "Appiah Named Next President of the American Academy of Arts and Letters". Retrieved 1 February 2022.
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