Richard Popkin Philosopher

Richard Henry Popkin (/ˈpɑːpkɪn/; December 27, 1923 – April 14, 2005) was an academic philosopher who specialized in the history of enlightenment philosophy and early modern anti-dogmatism. His 1960 work The History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Descartes introduced previously unrecognised influence on Western thought in the seventeenth century, the Pyrrhonian Scepticism of Sextus Empiricus. Popkin also was an internationally acclaimed scholar on Jewish and Christian millenarianism and messianism.

Personal facts

Birth date	December 27, 1923
Birth place	Manhattan
Date of death	April 14, 2005
Place of death	California , Los Angeles
Era	20th-century philosophy
Main interest	Jewish philosophy History of philosophy Millenarianism Messianism List of Jewish scientists and philosophers