PhD in Philosophy (Humanities, 01H), Senior Researcher
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Received a PhD in Philosophy from Vilnius University in 2021 and a master’s degree in Tibetan Studies from the University of Oxford in 2025. In 2019, undertook a research internship at Zhejiang University in China. Research interests include comparative philosophy, Indian philosophy (especially the Vaiśeṣika school), Chinese philosophy, and Buddhism.
Email: catascopus9@gmail.com
Major Publications
Monographs
- Indijos filosofija: Vaiśeṣikos mokykla. „Vaiśeṣika sūtros“ vertimas ir komentarai. Vilnius: LKTI, 1–257.
- Aristotelio kategorijų ir Kaṇādos padārthų lyginamoji analizė. Vilnius: LKTI, 1–192.
Peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters
- “Is Vaiśeṣika Philosophically Realist? Mapping Contemporary Historiographical Interpretations.” Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research, published December 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-025-00384-1
- “The Reception of Vaiśeṣika Philosophy in East Asia: A Study of Kōgen Jōtai’s (光嚴乗体, 1740–1807) Shōshūjikkugironshaku Bōkanroku (勝宗十句義論釋傍觀錄).” Dharma Drum Journal of Buddhist Studies 35: 131–193.
- “Religious Tensions in the Early phyi dar Period: Monastic or Tantric?” Sovijus 12(1): 60–71.
- „Hinduistinių tradicijų ezoteriniai aspektai“. In: Ezoterizmo fenomenas: Tarp Rytų ir Vakarų, edited by Audrius Beinorius. Vilnius: Vilnius University Press, 94–111.
- „Žvelgiant į tris Kinijos mąstymo tradicijas: konfucianizmo ir daoizmo polemika su budizmu“. In: Rytai–Vakarai. Komparatyvistinės studijos, XV . Vilnius: LKTI, 66–77.
- „Kas yra vydūniškoji pasaulėžiūra? Jos įtakos, prielaidos bei aktualumas praeityje ir dabartyje“. In: Vydūnui. Išvysti kitaip. Sphairos 12. Vilnius: LKTI, 46–60.
- “Indian Philosophy Beyond India: Reconsideration of Vaiśeṣika 勝論 and Its Sources in East Asia.” Sino-Platonic Papers 314: 1–71.
- „Vaiśeṣikos realizmas versus budizmo fenomenalizmas Kinijos budistiniuose tekstuose“. Logos 103: 215–222.
- „Budistinė saṃdhinirmocana ir H. G. Gadamerio hermeneutika: lyginamoji analizė“. Logos 90: 170–183.
- „Budistinė jogačaros filosofija ir Husserlio fenomenologija“. Kultūrologija 20: 314–327.
International and National Research Projects
Participant in the international research project (2022–2023): “Exploring the Formation, Commentaries and Transmission of the Buddhist Treatises (Śāstra): With Specific Reference to Sheldon Pollock’s Viewpoints” (funded by the Sheng Yen Foundation, Taiwan).
Research internship at Zhejiang University, People’s Republic of China, 1 September–17 December 2019: the Buddhist Resources and Research Center of Zhejiang University (under the Government Scholarship of the People’s Republic of China, 2019–2020).
Public Engagement and Teaching
Since 2025, has been privately teaching the Tibetan language and delivering lectures on Tibetan philosophy (self-employed activity).
Since March 2022, has been leading weekly “Readings in Eastern Philosophy” meetings devoted to close reading of Eastern philosophical texts.
