Kwame Anthony Appiah Philosopher

Kwame Anthony Appiah (/ˈæpɪɑː/ API-ah; born May 8, 1954) is a British philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Kwame Anthony Appiah grew up in Ghana and earned a Ph.D. at Cambridge University. He was the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University, before moving to New York University in 2014. He currently holds an appointment at NYU’s Department of Philosophy and NYU's School of Law.

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Kwame Anthony Appiah
Alias (AKA)British-born Ghanaian-American philosopher
Birth dateMay 08, 1954
Birth place
London
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Main interest
Political philosophy
Race (human classification)
Semantics
Intellectual history
Morality
Identity theory

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