explanandum

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Now, the claim I've quoted could be false, but it's not presented as a hypothesis, but as an explanandum.

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(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

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noun

(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

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Core meanings and parts of speech for explanandum.

noun

(logic) a statement of something (a fact or thing or expression) to be explained

Example sentences

Now, the claim I've quoted could be false, but it's not presented as a hypothesis, but as an explanandum.

But nonetheless, I think that's an important explanandum.

In actuality, the only definite explanandum is that "it seems that [phenomenal property]".

For instance, he mentions the difference between land-ownership in North and South America, but leaves out the wealthy European countries which were explicitly part of his explanandum.

Nothing Searle says suggests that the extra ingredient needs to be something non-physical.>In actuality, the only definite explanandum is that "it seems that [phenomenal property]"There isn't any distinction between feeling pain and seeming to feel pain.