Selection by consequences: deployments for the notion of science of B. F. Skinner

B. F. Sknnner’s explanatory system is transformed throughout its construction. In the early years, Skinner proposes that explanation is description functional relationships between directly observable events of the organism with environment. The notion of selection by consequences, related proposition of operant behavior, will have unfolding for assumptions related to the subject matter, the relationship between subject and object of knowledge, the concept of science and the procedures used for the production of effective scientific knowledge. In this article we aim to identify some unfolding of the causal model of selection by consequences for the Skinner's proposal for science.