李承恩 Cheng-en Lee

Doctoral Student, Dep. of Philosophy, National Chengchi University 政治大學哲學系博士生

RESEARCH INTEREST

Indian Nyāya Philosophy, Buddhist Epistemology

CONTACT

chengenlee98@gmail.com

PhD Program in Philosophy, National Chengchi University, 2022/09-present  

M.A. in Philosophy, National Chengchi University, 2020/09-2022/06
Degree Thesis: Cognition and Meta-cognition: A Study and Annotated Translation of the Vijñānādvaitavāda Section of Jayanta’s Nyāyamañjarī, supervised by Professor Lin, Chen-kuo and Professor Ho, Chien-hsing

B.A. in Philosophy, National Chengchi University, 2016/09-2020/01

Conference Paper

“Jayanta’s Critiques of Apoha Theory,” presented at Conference on “Dignāga and His Philosophical Legacy,” National Chengchi University, Feb. 06-08, 2025.

“Jayanta’s Defense of Real Universals,” presented at UIA International Conference “佛法東漸:從印度到東亞的佛教軌跡,” Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, Dec. 14-15, 2024.

“Jayanta’s Four Arguments for the Existence of Universals (賈央塔的四個共相存在論證),” presented at Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophical Association, National Taiwan University, Nov. 23-24, 2024.

“Can Dignāga’s Apoha Replace Real Universals?” presented at Graduate Philosophy Conference, National Taiwan University, Apr. 27-28, 2024.

“Against Apohavāda: Jayanta on the Existence of Universals,” presented at Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophical Association, National Sun Yat-sen University, Dec. 08-09, 2023.

“Self-notion without a Self: Redirecting the Debates in Dharmapāla’s Dasheng Guangbailun Shilun,” presented at Reading Dharmapāla and Bhāviveka Workshop, National Chengchi University, Jan 08-09, 2022; The 16th International Forum of PhD Students of Philosophy from Five Universities in the North and South, Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou), Nov. 24-26, 2023.

“Against Vijñānavāda: What Illumination Illuminates in Jayanta’s Nyāyamañjarī,” presented at Graduate Philosophy Conference, National Taiwan University, May. 21-22, 2022.

“Retrieving the Truth of the Given from Buddhist Epistemic Idealism: A Reply to Arnold,” presented at Annual Conference of Taiwan Philosophical Association, National Tsing Hua University, Dec. 13-18, 2021.

“Against Vijñānavāda: An Examination of Self/Other-Illumination in Light Analogy (反駁識論:考察自照照他燈喻),” presented at Seminar on Buddhist Interpretation and Interdisciplinary Exploration, Tzu Chi University, Apr. 23, 2021.