Definition of explanans in English:

explanans

nounPlural explanantia ˌɛkspləˈnanzekˈsplāˌnans

Philosophy

another term for explicans
Example sentencesExamples
- A hypothesis of homology is the explanandum, the phenomenon that is to be explained; evolution provides the explanans, the explanation of the phenomenon.
- One might require that the explanandum be a priori deducible from the explanans, although it is controversial whether this is either a necessary or a sufficient criterion for explaining consciousness.
- The explanans rests on two foundations: a cognitive argument and an evolutionary one.
- According to deductive-nomological model, the explanation of a fact is thus reduced to a logical relationship between statements: the explanandum is a consequence of the explanans.
- In his introduction, Rosenberg is at pains to point out that globalisation cannot be both explanandum and explanans, i e, it cannot simultaneously be the process of which it is itself the outcome.

Origin

1940s: Latin, 'explaining', from the verb explanare.

Definition of explanans in US English:

explanans

nounekˈsplāˌnans

Philosophy

another term for explicans
Example sentencesExamples
- The explanans rests on two foundations: a cognitive argument and an evolutionary one.
- According to deductive-nomological model, the explanation of a fact is thus reduced to a logical relationship between statements: the explanandum is a consequence of the explanans.
- A hypothesis of homology is the explanandum, the phenomenon that is to be explained; evolution provides the explanans, the explanation of the phenomenon.
- One might require that the explanandum be a priori deducible from the explanans, although it is controversial whether this is either a necessary or a sufficient criterion for explaining consciousness.
- In his introduction, Rosenberg is at pains to point out that globalisation cannot be both explanandum and explanans, i e, it cannot simultaneously be the process of which it is itself the outcome.

Origin

1940s: Latin, ‘explaining’, from the verb explanare.

单词	explanans
释义	Definition of explanans in English: explanans nounPlural explanantia ˌɛkspləˈnanzekˈsplāˌnans Philosophy another term for explicans Example sentencesExamples A hypothesis of homology is the explanandum, the phenomenon that is to be explained; evolution provides the explanans, the explanation of the phenomenon. One might require that the explanandum be a priori deducible from the explanans, although it is controversial whether this is either a necessary or a sufficient criterion for explaining consciousness. The explanans rests on two foundations: a cognitive argument and an evolutionary one. According to deductive-nomological model, the explanation of a fact is thus reduced to a logical relationship between statements: the explanandum is a consequence of the explanans. In his introduction, Rosenberg is at pains to point out that globalisation cannot be both explanandum and explanans, i e, it cannot simultaneously be the process of which it is itself the outcome. Origin 1940s: Latin, 'explaining', from the verb explanare. Definition of explanans in US English: explanans nounekˈsplāˌnans Philosophy another term for explicans Example sentencesExamples The explanans rests on two foundations: a cognitive argument and an evolutionary one. According to deductive-nomological model, the explanation of a fact is thus reduced to a logical relationship between statements: the explanandum is a consequence of the explanans. A hypothesis of homology is the explanandum, the phenomenon that is to be explained; evolution provides the explanans, the explanation of the phenomenon. One might require that the explanandum be a priori deducible from the explanans, although it is controversial whether this is either a necessary or a sufficient criterion for explaining consciousness. In his introduction, Rosenberg is at pains to point out that globalisation cannot be both explanandum and explanans, i e, it cannot simultaneously be the process of which it is itself the outcome. Origin 1940s: Latin, ‘explaining’, from the verb explanare.
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