It is currently owned by the Philosophy Centre of the University of Lisbon and managed by the LanCog research group.

Since 2013, it has been published exclusively online, as a fully open access journal.

Disputatio was founded in 1996 by João Branquinho and published by the Portuguese Philosophical Society until 2004.

[1] Former editors include M. S. Lourenço, Fernando Ferreira and João Branquinho, Teresa Marques and Célia Teixeira.

Since 2017, the journal has been published by De Gruyter and jointly edited by Ricardo Santos and Elia Zardini.