Biography

Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah is an 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.

Books by Anthony Appiah

Captive Gods
Captive Gods
2025
Humanities in the Age of Infor
Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth
2019
Las mentiras que nos unen
Las mentiras que nos unen
2019
The Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth
The Humanities in the Age of Information and Post-Truth
2019
Buying freedom
Buying freedom
2018
Kozmopolitizm - Dünya Yurttasliginin Felsefesi
Kozmopolitizm - Dünya Yurttasliginin Felsefesi
2017
Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry
Washington's Rebuke to Bigotry
2015
Lines of descent
Lines of descent
2014
Cosmopolitismo : la etica en u
Cosmopolitismo : la etica en un mundo de Extranos
2011
Encyclopedia of Africa
Encyclopedia of Africa
2010
Experimentos de ética
Experimentos de ética
2010
Experiments in Ethics
Experiments in Ethics
2009
El meu cosmopolitisme/ My cosmopolitanism
El meu cosmopolitisme/ My cosmopolitanism
2008
Experiments in Ethics (Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College)
Experiments in Ethics (Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College)
2008
Mi cosmopolitismo
Mi cosmopolitismo
2008
The Politics of Culture the Politics of Identity
            
                Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture
The Politics of Culture the Politics of Identity Eva Holtby Lecture on Contemporary Culture
2008
Transition 96
Transition 96
2005
Cosmopolitanism
Cosmopolitanism
2004
The ethics of identity
The ethics of identity
2004
Transition 97/98
Transition 97/98
2004
Bu me be
Bu me be
2003
Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
2003
Microsoft Encarta africana
Microsoft Encarta africana
2000
Africana the Encyclopedia of the African America
Africana the Encyclopedia of the African America
1999
Africana: The Encyclopedia of
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience
1999
Microsoft Encarta africana 200
Microsoft Encarta africana 2000
1999
Dictionary of Global Culture
Dictionary of Global Culture
1998
The Dictionary of Global Culture
The Dictionary of Global Culture
1998
Transition 75/76. Selections from Transition, 1961-1976
Transition 75/76. Selections from Transition, 1961-1976
1998
Africa, the Art of a Continent
Africa, the Art of a Continent
1996
Ann Petry
Ann Petry
1996
Color conscious
Color conscious
1996
Peau Noire, Masques Blancs
Peau Noire, Masques Blancs
1996
Identity against culture
Identity against culture
1994
Early African-American classics
Early African-American classics
1990
Necessary questions
Necessary questions
1989
For truth in semantics
For truth in semantics
1986
Assertion and Conditionals
Assertion and Conditionals
1985
Conditions for conditionals
Conditions for conditionals
1981
Dusk of dawn
Dusk of dawn
1940
In my father's house : Africa in the philosophy of culture
In my father's house : Africa in the philosophy of culture