Paulo Castro
Paulo Castro graduated in Anthropology by the University “Nova de Lisboa” in 1996. In 2014 received a PhD in Philosophy at the University “Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias”, proposing an Epistemology of Choice related to the existence of free will and the impossibility of mechanically simulating human intelligence in AI. In 2015 joined the Philosophy of Natural Sciences Research Group, at CFCUL, working on Philosophy of Quantum Physics. Three years after, defending a return to scientific realism in physics and a unification between the quantum and macroscopic scales, started working on the Philosophy of Pilot Wave Theories. Although this is his main theme of research, he kept reflecting on Artificial Intelligence present implications, on the limitations of algorithmic thought and on AI ethics.
Areas of interest: Philosophy of Quantum Physics, Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
ORCID: 0000-0002-3064-8831
Situation at CFCUL: Member of the Scientific Council, Member of the Executive Commission, Integrated Member with a Doctorate
Research Group: GI2 – Filosofia das Ciências Naturais
Investigation Lines: Philosophy of Physics , Cross-Sectional Research Pole
Contact: jpcastro@fc.ul.pt
