Ricardo Sousa Silvestre

Research Projects | Projetos de Pesquisa
I am currently leading a research project funded by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), which investigates the application of paraconsistent logic to contradictory theologies.
Among my previous research grants, a particularly noteworthy one is the project Concepts of God and the Variety of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of Consciousness (2023–2026), funded by the John Templeton Foundation. The project explored Indian concepts of God and their implications for a theistic theory of consciousness.
Below is a list of my current and past research grants.
Atualmente, coordeno um projeto de pesquisa financiado pelo Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), que investiga a aplicação da lógica paraconsistente às teologias contraditórias.
Entre meus projetos de pesquisa anteriores, merece destaque Concepts of God and the Variety of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of Consciousness (2023–2026), financiado pela John Templeton Foundation. O projeto investigou os conceitos de Deus nas tradições indianas e suas implicações para uma teoria teísta da consciência.
Segue lista dos meus projetos de pesquisa atuais e passados.
(2025-2028) Research Productivity Fellowship. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Logic, Paraconsistency and the Contradictory God Thesis”. R$ 75,600.
(2023-2026) Research Grant. John Templeton Foundation. Project "Concepts of God and the Variety of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of Consciousness." (#62954). $ 259,632.
(2022-2025) Research Productivity Fellowship. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Logic and the Concept of God”. R$ 62,600.
(2022-2025) Research Grant. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Paraconsistency and the Concept of God”. R$ 16,000.
(2021-2023) Research Grant. John Templeton Foundation: The Global Philosophy of Religion Project (# 61613). Project “A Philosophical Approach to the Vaishnava Concept of God". £ 30,000.
(2020-2022) Research Grant. John Templeton Foundation: Supporting Constructive Research on the Existence of God in Portuguese-Speaking Latin America. Project “The Rationality of Theistic Belief and the Plausibility of the Concept of God” (#61556). R$ 80,000.
(2013-2017) Research Grant. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Formal Methods in Philosophy: Applications of Logic to Philosophy of Religion”. R$ 15,000.
(2009-2012) Research Productivity Fellowship. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Formal Methods in Philosophy”. R$ 32,400.
(2006-2009) Research Grant. Brazilian Council for Scientific and Technological Development. Project “Logic, Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence”. R$ 15,000.