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What does explanandum mean?

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Noun
  1. That which is to be explained
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Explanation holds only when the explanans is conceptually related to the explanandum, and this can occur only at the same level of function.
So this argument for perceptualism proposes an explanans to a non-neutral explanandum.
Acknowledging the distinction problematizes both the explanandum of species cohesion and the explanans of gene flow that are central to the view discussed here.
Both remembering and forgetting are conceived and applied in an almost mechanistic way, as an explanans instead of an explanandum.
In the short intervening period sociology has become obsessed with biology, and biology is asked to be the universal explanandum of humanity.

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