Richard Popkin

Richard Popkin
Richard Popkin
Born	December 27, 1923; Manhattan, New York
Died	April 14, 2005 (aged 81); Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	Columbia University
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Scepticism, Pyrrhonian skepticism
Main interests	History of philosophy, Seventeenth century, Eighteenth century, Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy, millenarianism and messianism
Notable ideas	Influence of Pyrrhonian skepticism on Western philosophy

Richard Henry Popkin (December 27, 1923 – April 14, 2005) was an American 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^[1] introduced one previously unrecognized influence on Western thought in the seventeenth century, the Pyrrhonian Scepticism of Sextus Empiricus. Popkin also was an internationally acclaimed scholar on Christian millenarianism and Jewish messianism.

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Richard Popkin
Born	December 27, 1923 Manhattan, New York
Died	April 14, 2005(2005-04-14) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	Columbia University

Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Scepticism, Pyrrhonian skepticism
Main interests	History of philosophy, Seventeenth century, Eighteenth century, Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy, millenarianism and messianism
Notable ideas	Influence of Pyrrhonian skepticism on Western philosophy