Contemporary Behaviorisms in Debate

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Diego Zilio received his Doctorate Degree (Sc.D.) in Experimental Psychology from the University of São Paulo (USP) at São Paulo in August of 2013. Zilio's dissertation focused on the synthesis between behavior analysis and neuroscience. During this period he was a visiting scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also holds a Masters Degree in Philosophy of Mind, Epistemology and Logic from the State University of São Paulo (UNESP) at Marilia. Zilio's master's thesis provided a radical behavioristic perspective about the main problems in contemporary Philosophy of Mind. As an undergrad, he has a License in Psychology from the State University of São Paulo at Bauru. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology and Permanent Professor at the Graduate Program in Psychology, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil. He has been and currently is advisor of several undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Zilio is the head of the GEPPSAC - Behavior Analytic Social Psychology Research Group. He has published papers in a number of different journals, including The Behavior Analyst (Perspectives on Behavior Science), Behavior and Philosophy, The Psychological Record, Behavior and Social Issues, Review of General Psychology, Acta Comportamentalia, Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis, among others. He has published and organized several books in Portuguese, including A Natureza Comportamental da Mente: Behaviorismo Radical e Filosofia da Mente ("The Behavioral Nature of Mind: Radical Behaviorism and Philosophy of Mind") and, with Kester Carrara, the three-volume series Behaviorismos: Reflexões Históricas e Conceituais ("Behaviorisms: Conceptual and Historical Issues"). He is the general editor of Behavior and Philosophy, and associated editor of Acta Comportamentalia, Brazilian Journal of Behavior Analysis and Perspectives on Behavior Analysis. Dr. Zilio develops philosophical, conceptual and historical research concerning behavior analysis, discussing topics such as the nature of mind and behavior, the relation of behavior analysis with neuroscience as well as the relation of behavior analysis with the social sciences. Currently, his main focus of interest is in systematizing a behavior-analytic social psychology.

Part I. Teleological Behaviorism.- Chapter1. Teleological Behaviorism: Origins and Present Status.- Chapter2. Purposive Behavior and Psychological Categories: Thoughts on Teleological Behaviorism.- Chapter3. Response to Comments of Lazzeri.- Part II. Molar Behaviorism.- Chapter4. Introduction to Molar Behaviorism and Multiscale Behavior Analysis.- Chapter5. The Molar View of Behavior: A Paradigm Shift in Behavior Analysis?.- Chapter6. Genes, Selection, and Behavior: Response to Laurenti's Commentary.- Part III. Theoretical Behaviorism.- Chapter7. Theoretical Behaviorism.- Chapter8. What is the Theory of Theoretical Behaviorism?.- Chapter9. Theory: A Response to Lopes.- Part IV. Biological Behaviorism.- Chapter10. Biological Behaviorism.- Chapter11. Comments on "Biological Behaviorism".- Chapter12. Reactions to Commentary on Biological Behaviorism.- Part V. Intentional Behaviorism.- Chapter13. Intentional Behaviorism.- Chapter14. Behavior Analysis and Psychological Concepts: Commentaryon Foxall's Intentional Behaviorism.- Chapter15. Behavior Analysis and Psychological Concepts: Reply to Oliveira-Castro.- Part VI. Contextual Behaviorism.- Chapter16. Contextual Behavioral Science as a Distinct form of Behavioral Research and Practice.- Chapter17. Will the Wing Fly Away from the Body? A Commentary on Steven Hayes' Chapter, Contextual Behavioral Science.- Chapter18. The Bottom Line is Progress - All the Rest is Commentary.- Part VII. Field-Theory Behaviorism.- Chapter19. A Theory of Behavior or a Theory of Psychology .- Chapter20. A Critical Appraisal of Ribes' Theory of Psychology.- Chapter21. The Definition of Psychological Behavior and the Adequacy of Theorical Concepts are the Fundamental Issues: A Reply to Borges Neves and Oliveira Magalhaes.