Appiah, (K.) Anthony
APPIAH, (K.) Anthony
APPIAH, (K.) Anthony. British, b. 1954. Genres: Philosophy, Cultural/Ethnic topics, Novels. Career: University of Ghana, Legon, teaching assistant, 1975-76; Yale University, New Haven, CT, visiting fellow, 1979, assistant professor, became associate professor of philosophy, 1981-86; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, associate professor, 1986-89, professor of philosophy, 1989; Duke University, Durham, NC, professor of philosophy and literature, 1990-91; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, professor of Afro-American studies and philosophy, 1991-. Cambridge University, visiting fellow of Clare College, 1983-84. Publications: Assertion and Conditionals, 1985; For Truth in Semantics, 1986; Necessary Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy, 1989; Avenging Angel, 1990; In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture, 1992; Nobody Likes Lehtia, 1993; Another Death in Venice, 1995; (with A. Gutmann) Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race, 1996; (with H.L. Gates Jr.) A Dictionary of Global Culture, 1996. EDITOR: (and author of intro) Early African-American Classics, 1990; (with H.L. Gates Jr.) Identities, 1995. Contributor to periodicals. Address: Department of African-American Studies, Harvard University, 12 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.