Ricardo Barroso Batista is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Catholic University of Portugal (UCP). He studied Mechanical Engineering (specializing in Energy Mechanics) at the Faculty of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon and earned a degree in Philosophy from the Faculty of Philosophy at UCP, graduating with the highest grade point average and receiving the Saint Ignatius of Loyola Award in 2012. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at UCP, with the thesis *The Principle of Sufficient Reason as a Point of Intersection between Metaphysical Grounding and Cosmological Arguments*.
He is a researcher at the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (CEFH), where he is a member of the research groups "Causal Processes, Complex Systems and Emergentism" and "Ontological Foundations of Human Nature." His research focuses primarily on Analytic Metaphysics—specifically the Principle of Sufficient Reason, ontological and causal dependency relations, metaphysical grounding, and issues of metaphysical foundation—as well as their relationship to contemporary cosmological arguments.
His research interests span philosophy and computer science, the philosophy of technology, logic, and algorithms, with a particular focus on the conceptual foundations of computing and programming, the nature of algorithmic processes, and the relationships between computational systems, creativity, and artificial intelligence. He is especially interested in philosophical questions raised by the development of computational technologies and in how concepts from the formal sciences and computer science can contribute to the analysis of contemporary metaphysical problems.
Since 2013, he has served as Editorial Manager for *Axioma – Publicações da Faculdade de Filosofia* and as Secretary of the *Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia*, while also being involved in various editorial projects and scientific and academic initiatives.
