单词 | explanans |
释义 | explanansn. Philosophy. The explanatory part of an explanation; the explanatory premises. Opposed to explanandum. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > explanatory part of explicans1882 explanans1948 1948 C. G. Hempel & P. Oppenheim in Philos. of Sci. 15 136 We divide an explanation into two major constituents, the explanandum and the explanans. 1962 L. J. Cohen Diversity of Meaning iv. 133 An explanation of naming that is futile and circular because the explanans cannot be conceived except through the explanandum. 1991 Mind 100 11 No one supposes that the full explanans thus proffered is exhausted by the single proposition that Odile wanted to be with her lover. 2014 Econ. & Polit. Weekly (Nexis) 13 Sept. The realignment of big finance with the state is the explanans of the change in policy from the Reagan–Bush era to the Clinton presidency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1948 |
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