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Professor Kwame Anthony Appiah FBA

The philosophy of mind and language, of race and racism, and of literature and culture; ethics (including the role of experiment); honour; idealisation and ideals; social identity; African and African-American intellectual history
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Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA, FRSL
Subjects
Philosophy, Politics
Sections
Philosophy , Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
Website
https://appiah.net/

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