PHILOSOPHER

Kwame Anthony Appiah

1954 - Today

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Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( 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 is Professor of Philosophy and Law at New York University, where he joined the faculty in 2014. He was previously the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kwame Anthony Appiah has received more than 984,427 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Kwame Anthony Appiah is the 1,250th most popular philosopher (down from 1,155th in 2019), the 5,861st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,286th in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Philosopher.

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  • 40.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 1,250 out of 1,267. Before him are Nel Noddings, Leonard Peikoff, Paul Churchland, Alex Callinicos, Colin McGinn, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock. After him are Stanley Hauerwas, N. T. Wright, Stanley Fish, Miranda Fricker, A. C. Grayling, and Linda Martín Alcoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 619. Before him are Jochen Schümann, David Paterson, Vladimir Vysotsky, Peter Erskine, Craig Wasson, and Brad Little. After him are Walter Payton, Tommy Tuberville, John Lloyd, Gregory S. Paul, Silvia Chivás, and Peter Mueller.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 5,861 out of 8,785. Before him are Tony Wilson (1950), Pippa Middleton (1983), Carole Shelley (1939), Maureen Gardner (1928), Bruce Forsyth (1928), and Simon Webbe (1978). After him are Lilian Bond (1908), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), Paula Malcomson (1970), John George Children (1777), Bruce Halford (1931), and David Gandy (1980).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Kwame Anthony Appiah ranks 100. Before him are Peter Geach (1916), James Dunn (1939), William Ames (1576), Richard Crashaw (1612), Colin McGinn (1950), and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock (1924). After him are N. T. Wright (1948).

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