Education
- 1950 - 1955: HBS-B
- 1955 - 1958: HTS - Civil Engineering
- 1958 - 1963: TU Delft - Civil Engineering (cum laude)
- 1964 - 1968: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Philosophy
- 1972: Promotion VU-Philosophy, Prof. dr. ir. H. van Riessen:
"Technology and the Future - A Philosophical Challenge"
Career
- 1963 - 1965: Scientific collaborator soil mechanics TU Delft.
- 1966 - 1983: Assistent, resp. Scientific collaborator, principal collaborator of culture philosophy at the VU Amsterdam.
- 1969 - 2004: Professor of Reformatorical Philosophy TU Eindhoven.
- 1974 - 2002: Professor of Reformatorical Philosophy TU Delft.
- 1983 - 2011: Member of the Senate (Eerste Kamer) of the Dutch Parliament (the States General).
- 1986 - 2007: Professor of Reformatorical Philosophy Landbouw Universiteit Wageningen.
