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explanandum Philos.|ɛkspləˈnændəm|
Pl. explananda.
[L., neut. of gerundive of explānāre: see explain v.]
The thing to be explained. Cf. explicandum.
1892Academy 6 Aug. 114/2 Whenever a psychical explanandum is run to earth in some feature of nerve structure or function, the pursuit is over. 1948,1962[see explanans]. 1964I. Scheffler Anat. Inquiry 29 This account construes every explanation as consisting of an explanandum..and an explanans. |