Education Experience

2017: Dr. phil (summa cum laude), Philosophy, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2006–2012: MA, Philosophy, University of Heidelberg, Germany

2003–2005: BA courses, Philosophy, Nanjing University, China.

 Main Research Field

Kant's Theoretical Philosophy, Consciousness, Self-consciousness.

Main Publications

Books

Liang, Y. (2021). Bewusstsein und Selbstbewusstsein bei Kant: Eine neue Rekonstruktion. Kantstudien-Ergänzungshefte 215, Berlin: De Gruyter, 306 pages.  

Peer-Reviewed Articles in English

Liang, Y. (2024). Kant on Pure Apperception and Indeterminate Empirical Inner Intuition. Ergo 11(41). [JCR A&HCI Q1; #14 in “Best General Journals of Philosophy” of Leiter Reports 2022].

Liang, Y. (2020). Kant on Inner Sensations and the Parity between Inner and Outer Sense. Ergo 7 (10): 307–338.  [JCR A&HCI Q1; #14 in “Best General Journals of Philosophy” of Leiter Reports 2022].

Liang, Y. (2017). Kant on Consciousness, Obscure Representations and Cognitive Availability. Philosophical Forum 48 (4): 345–368. [JCR A&HCI Q2]

Reviews in English

Liang, Y. (2023). Katharina Kraus, Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 105 (2):352-357. [JCR A&HCI Q1]

Honor Awards

National Award for Outstanding Self-Financed Students Abroad (2016)

Full Scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (2009—2012, 2013—2017)