Explanans

An Explanans is a statement with the conjectured reasons for an explanation.

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Example(s):
- "The thief took the Mona Lisa off the wall between Sunday evening and Tuesday morning, because the museum was closed and there would be no one there, and therefore he could take the painting without being caught.”
Counter-Example(s):
- Explanandum.
See: Explanation.

References

(Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanandum_and_explanans Retrieved:2017-12-2.
- An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon that is to be explained, and the explanans is 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.

www.uky.edu/~rosdatte/phi120/glossary.htm
- explanans: The part of an explanation that gives new information. The conjectured reasons for the explanandum.