Background
Son of J. and M. (Brouwer) van Ruler, J. A. van Ruler was born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on November 2, 1963.
Son of J. and M. (Brouwer) van Ruler, J. A. van Ruler was born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, on November 2, 1963.
Mr. van Ruler was a student of University of Utrecht, from which he received his Master of Philosophy in 1988. In 1995 he completed his studies at University of Groningen, obtaining Doctor of Philosophy (cum laude).
J. A. van Ruler was an editor of Filosofie from 1993 till 1996. served as a researcher for Belgian National Fund at Higher Institute for Philosophy at Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain, Belgium since 1996. At present Pr. van Ruler is an Honorary Professor of Intellectual History of the Renaissance and the Baroque at the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University, Rotterdam, and general editor of Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History (BSIH).
J. A. van Ruler is a companion of J. L. Vlasblom.