explanans

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explanans - (logic) statements that explain the explicandum; the explanatory premiseslogic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inferencestatement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"explanation, account - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.; "the explanation was very simple"; "I expected a brief account"

explanans

any explanatory account, particularly a formal deductive explanatory account, by which a particular occurrence or general phenomenon is explained (see EXPLANATION, COVERING-LAW MODEL AND DEDUCTIVE NOMOLOGICAL EXPLANATION, EXPLANANDUM).

explanans

Related to explanans: explananda

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Words related to explanans

noun (logic) statements that explain the explicandum

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statement
explanation
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