I am Vietnamese and am currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Philosophy. My research interests include Continental Philosophy, particularly Kant and key figures of 19th- and 20th-century French and German thought, with a focus on Martin Heidegger. I also have a deep engagement with Comparative Philosophy, where I employ a comparative and integrative approach to articulate a wide range of philosophical questions.

Over the past seven years, my research has focused primarily on Martin Heidegger and his intersections with non-Western philosophical traditions such as Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism. To me, Heidegger is, at his core, deeply aligned with Eastern thought. Recently, I have been developing a proposal for a new understanding of metaphysics through an integrated phenomenology of the will—bridging Heidegger’s phenomenology and Yogācāra Buddhism. This work aims to shed new light on the nature and structure of metaphysics and to build on questions raised in later Heidegger, such as identifying new ways of thinking and overcoming metaphysics. My tentative idea is this: metaphysics, by its nature, is representation, which can be phenomenologically understood as both the result of and the activity within the structure of the will. Therefore, overcoming metaphysics must involve a transformation of the will itself. 

Beyond these philosophical concerns, I also have a deep interest in Eastern mysticism, Zen, and Spirituality.