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_id: '47448'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'In XAI it is important to consider that, in contrast to explanations for
    professional audiences, one cannot assume common expertise when explaining for
    laypeople. But such explanations between humans vary greatly, making it difficult
    to research commonalities across explanations. We used the dual nature theory,
    a techno-philosophical approach, to cope with these challenges. According to it,
    one can explain, for example, an XAI''s decision by addressing its dual nature:
    by focusing on the Architecture (e.g., the logic of its algorithms) or the Relevance
    (e.g., the severity of a decision, the implications of a recommendation). We investigated
    20 game explanations using the theory as an analytical framework. We elaborate
    how we used the theory to quickly structure and compare explanations of technological
    artifacts. We supplemented results from analyzing the explanation contents with
    results from a video recall to explore how explainers justified their explanation.
    We found that explainers were focusing on the physical aspects of the game first
    (Architecture) and only later on aspects of the Relevance. Reasoning in the video
    recalls indicated that EX regarded the focus on the Architecture as important
    for structuring the explanation initially by explaining the basic components before
    focusing on more complex, intangible aspects. Shifting between addressing the
    two sides was justified by explanation goals, emerging misunderstandings, and
    the knowledge needs of the explainee. We discovered several commonalities that
    inspire future research questions which, if further generalizable, provide first
    ideas for the construction of synthetic explanations.'
author:
- first_name: Lutz
  full_name: Terfloth, Lutz
  id: '37320'
  last_name: Terfloth
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Schaffer, Michael
  last_name: Schaffer
- first_name: Heike M.
  full_name: Buhl, Heike M.
  id: '27152'
  last_name: Buhl
- first_name: Carsten
  full_name: Schulte, Carsten
  id: '60311'
  last_name: Schulte
citation:
  ama: 'Terfloth L, Schaffer M, Buhl HM, Schulte C. Adding Why to What? Analyses of
    an Everyday Explanation. In: Springer, Cham; 2023. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>'
  apa: Terfloth, L., Schaffer, M., Buhl, H. M., &#38; Schulte, C. (2023). <i>Adding
    Why to What? Analyses of an Everyday Explanation</i>. 1st World Conference on
    eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023), Lisboa. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Terfloth_Schaffer_Buhl_Schulte_2023, title={Adding Why to
    What? Analyses of an Everyday Explanation}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>},
    publisher={Springer, Cham}, author={Terfloth, Lutz and Schaffer, Michael and Buhl,
    Heike M. and Schulte, Carsten}, year={2023} }'
  chicago: Terfloth, Lutz, Michael Schaffer, Heike M. Buhl, and Carsten Schulte. “Adding
    Why to What? Analyses of an Everyday Explanation.” Springer, Cham, 2023. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>.
  ieee: 'L. Terfloth, M. Schaffer, H. M. Buhl, and C. Schulte, “Adding Why to What?
    Analyses of an Everyday Explanation,” presented at the 1st World Conference on
    eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023), Lisboa, 2023, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>.'
  mla: Terfloth, Lutz, et al. <i>Adding Why to What? Analyses of an Everyday Explanation</i>.
    Springer, Cham, 2023, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13">10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13</a>.
  short: 'L. Terfloth, M. Schaffer, H.M. Buhl, C. Schulte, in: Springer, Cham, 2023.'
conference:
  end_date: 2023-07-28
  location: Lisboa
  name: 1st World Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023)
  start_date: 2023-07-26
date_created: 2023-09-26T12:00:06Z
date_updated: 2025-08-12T07:54:19Z
department:
- _id: '67'
- _id: '660'
doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-44070-0_13
oa: '1'
project:
- _id: '114'
  grant_number: '438445824'
  name: 'TRR 318 - A04: TRR 318 - Integration des technischen Modells in das Partnermodell
    bei der Erklärung von digitalen Artefakten (Teilprojekt A04)'
publication_identifier:
  isbn:
  - 978-3-031-44069-4
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer, Cham
status: public
title: Adding Why to What? Analyses of an Everyday Explanation
type: conference
user_id: '90826'
year: '2023'
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