explanandum
/ˌɛkspləˈnandəm
/noun (plural explananda /ˌɛkspləˈnandə/) Philosophy
Another term for explicandum.First, it is important to distinguish explananda of different types, and, in particular, to distinguish appetites from emotions....
- Explanation holds only when the explanans is conceptually related to the explanandum, and this can occur only at the same level of function.
- A hypothesis of homology is the explanandum, the phenomenon that is to be explained; evolution provides the explanans, the explanation of the phenomenon.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Latin, 'something to be explained', neuter gerundive of explanare.