n.[哲]待解釋的詞(或詞語)；待解釋事物

The opponent will hold that qualia are an explanandum in their own right. 反對者會認為感受質是有其權利的被解釋物。

It is this explanandum that raises the interesting problems of consciousness. 正是這個被解釋物提出了有趣的意識問題。

If a vitalist had held this, the obvious reply would have been that there is no reason to believe in such an explanandum. 如果一個活力論者是這樣認為的，那么她們明顯的回應會是：沒有理由相信[意識]這樣的被解釋物。所以，這里不可類比。