About Kwame Anthony Appiah
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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Awards & Honors
Gittler Prize
Ralph J. Bunche Award
Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
Philip L. Quinn Prize
National Humanities Medal
Kluge Prize
Arthur Ross Book Award
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
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Carus Lectures
Freedom to Create Prize
ASA Best Book Prize
honorary doctor of Harvard University
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
