Kwame Anthony Appiah
b. 1954
“Cosmopolitanism: rooted, partial, but reaching across. Identity is invented but real in its effects.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- TETrust in Experience8 / 10
- POPractical Orientation8 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse8 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Martha NussbaumFORGE
The capabilities approach. Emotions are intelligent. Greek tragedy still teaches us.
- LockeFORGE
Mind is a blank slate. Government rests on consent. Property comes from labor.
- ErasmusCARTOGRAPHER
Folly speaks truth. Reform within tradition. The dignity of conversation and learning.
- Imre LakatosCARTOGRAPHER
Research programs — science between Popper's edge and Kuhn's communities.
- Jeremy BenthamFORGE
The greatest happiness of the greatest number — pleasure calculus made law.
- HabermasFORGE
Communicative rationality. The ideal speech situation. Public reason as the ground of legitimacy.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Kwame Anthony Appiah's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Kwame Anthony Appiah or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREKwame Anthony Appiah vs Martha NussbaumOn Mull's map Martha Nussbaum sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶