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An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon that is to be explained, and the explanans are the sentences adduced as explanations of that phenomenon. For example, one person may pose an explanandum by asking "Why is there smoke?", and another may provide an explanans by responding "Because there is a fire". In this example, "smoke" is the explanandum, and "fire" is the explanans. — Hempel & Oppenheim, 1948, (p.138)

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  • An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon that is to be explained, and the explanans are the sentences adduced as explanations of that phenomenon. For example, one person may pose an explanandum by asking "Why is there smoke?", and another may provide an explanans by responding "Because there is a fire". In this example, "smoke" is the explanandum, and "fire" is the explanans. Carl Gustav Hempel and Paul Oppenheim (1948), in their deductive-nomological model of scientific explanation, motivated the distinction between explanans and explanandum in order to answer why-questions, rather than simply what-questions: "It may be said... that an explanation is not fully adequate unless its explanans, if taken account of in time, could have served as a basis for predicting the phenomenon under consideration.... It is this potential predictive force which gives scientific explanation its importance: Only to the extent that we are able to explain empirical facts can we attain the major objective of scientific research, namely not merely to record the phenomena of our experience, but to learn from them, by basing upon them theoretical generalizations which enable us to anticipate new occurrences and to control, at least to some extent, the changes in our environment" — Hempel & Oppenheim, 1948, (p.138) (en)
  • L'explicandum est un phénomène qui nécessite une explication. L'explicans, de son côté, est l'explication de ce phénomène. Il est utilisé en philosophie afin de structurer le questionnement. L'explicans ne doit pas être la seule explication de l'explicandum, auquel cas nous nous retrouvons dans un schéma circulaire. Ainsi, l'explicandum doit avoir une explication qui peut être testée ou démontrée d'une manière indépendante. (fr)
  • Het explanandum (meervoud: explananda) of het 'te verklarene' (letterlijk: 'dat wat verklaard moet worden'), komt van het Latijnse werkwoord explanare, 'uitleggen, verklaren, betekenis verhelderen'. Het is de gebeurtenis, waarneming of expressie die dient uitgelegd te worden. Het explanandum is bij een geslaagde verklaring of argumentatie het resultaat van de conclusie uit het explanans, het verklarende. (nl)
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  • L'explicandum est un phénomène qui nécessite une explication. L'explicans, de son côté, est l'explication de ce phénomène. Il est utilisé en philosophie afin de structurer le questionnement. L'explicans ne doit pas être la seule explication de l'explicandum, auquel cas nous nous retrouvons dans un schéma circulaire. Ainsi, l'explicandum doit avoir une explication qui peut être testée ou démontrée d'une manière indépendante. (fr)
  • Het explanandum (meervoud: explananda) of het 'te verklarene' (letterlijk: 'dat wat verklaard moet worden'), komt van het Latijnse werkwoord explanare, 'uitleggen, verklaren, betekenis verhelderen'. Het is de gebeurtenis, waarneming of expressie die dient uitgelegd te worden. Het explanandum is bij een geslaagde verklaring of argumentatie het resultaat van de conclusie uit het explanans, het verklarende. (nl)
  • An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon that is to be explained, and the explanans are the sentences adduced as explanations of that phenomenon. For example, one person may pose an explanandum by asking "Why is there smoke?", and another may provide an explanans by responding "Because there is a fire". In this example, "smoke" is the explanandum, and "fire" is the explanans. — Hempel & Oppenheim, 1948, (p.138) (en)
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  • Explanandum and explanans (en)
  • Explicandum (fr)
  • Explanandum (nl)
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