Emanuel Rutten was born in Loosdrecht, the Netherlands on April 13th 1973. He obtained a propaedeutic diploma in Economics in 1994 at the University of Amsterdam, a Master of Science in Mathematics in 1997 at Delft University of Technology, and a Master of Arts in Philosophy in 2010 at VU University Amsterdam. Both Master degrees received the distinction cum laude. Early 2010 he started his doctorate in philosophy at VU University Amsterdam. Emanuel works mainly in systematic philosophy. His areas of specialization are metaphysics and epistemology. But he is also active in aesthetics on the notions of the sublime and the sacred. Emanuel lives…

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