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explicandum Philos.|ɛksplɪˈkændəm|
Pl. explicanda.
[L., neut. of gerundive of explicāre: see explicate v.]
The fact, thing, or expression to be explained or explicated. Cf. explanandum.
1867J. S. Mill Lett. (1910) II. 92 In the higher departments he leaves everything unexplained, or smuggles the explicandum into its own explanation. 1948H. H. Joachim Log. Stud. i. 30 The explicandum..since it is a whole must in some sense consist of parts. 1953C. S. Bazell Linguistic Form 106 The explanation is not based on any facts known independently of the explicandum. 1953R. B. Braithwaite Sci. Explan. x. 319 The primary explicanda for science are particular empirical facts. 1966J. J. Katz Philos. Lang. iii. 54 Pragmatical concepts which could serve as explicanda. |