Meaning & use
Explanandum
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In philosophy of science, the phenomenon or statement that is to be explained.
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In the deductive-nomological model, the explanandum must follow logically from the explanans.
Philosophers debated whether the sunrise was an adequate explanandum for early astronomical theories.
A note on using this word
"Explanandum" is Latin for "that which is to be explained" and is always paired with its counterpart "explanans," the explanation itself.
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