Kwame Anthony Appiah
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Kwame Anthony Appiah is a Ghanaian-British-American philosopher and public intellectual known for his influential work on ethics, cosmopolitanism, identity, and multiculturalism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kwame Anthony Appiah canonical | 4 |
| K. Anthony Appiah | 1 |
Statements (71)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
author
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ethicist ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ |
| almaMater | Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Holberg Prize
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National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Spinoza Lens Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boardMemberOf | PEN American Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Ghana
NERFINISHED
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United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-05-08 ⓘ |
| degree |
BA in Philosophy
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PhD in Philosophy ⓘ |
| describedAs | Ghanaian-British-American philosopher ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Cambridge University
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surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| employer |
Cornell University
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Duke University NERFINISHED ⓘ Harvard University ⓘ New York University NERFINISHED ⓘ Princeton University ⓘ University of Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Yale University ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Ashanti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Appiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
African philosophy
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cosmopolitanism ⓘ ethics ⓘ identity ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ multiculturalism ⓘ philosophy of race ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| fullName | Kwame Anthony Akroma-Ampim Kusi Appiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Kwame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | New York Times “The Ethicist” columnist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of identity and multiculturalism
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defense of cosmopolitanism ⓘ public philosophy and essays ⓘ work on the philosophy of race ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Twi ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Philosophical Society ⓘ British Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality |
American
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British ⓘ Ghanaian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
constructivist view of racial identity
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rooted cosmopolitanism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
As If: Idealization and Ideals
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Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race NERFINISHED ⓘ Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers NERFINISHED ⓘ Experiments in Ethics NERFINISHED ⓘ In My Father’s House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Lines of Descent: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Emergence of Identity NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ethics of Identity NERFINISHED ⓘ The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parent |
Joseph Emmanuel Appiah
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Peggy Cripps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| positionHeld |
Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University
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Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University ⓘ |
| religion | atheism ⓘ |
| residence | New York City ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | gay ⓘ |
| spouse | Henry Finder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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K. Anthony Appiah