%0 Journal Article %J Filozofia %D 2019 %T Diagrams, Difference-Makers, and Background Knowledge %A Tee, Sim-Hui %K Difference-makers %K Explanation %K knowledge %K Scientific diagrams %K Scientific representation %K Visual attributes %X It is intriguing how scientific diagrams can facilitate scientific explanations. Philosophers argue that the difference-maker afforded in scientific diagrams can provide an explanation for the phenomenon of interest. I argue that difference-maker alone is insufficient to provide a well-informed scientific explanation. I articulate that the non-depicting relevant background knowledge has a significant role to play in diagrammatic explanations. The difference-makers play the solicitor role in soliciting the relevant explanatory resources from the relevant background knowledge of the depictum. An epistemic aggregation which regiments the relevant background knowledge may provide a well-informed scientific explanation of a depicted phenomenon. %B Filozofia %V 74 %P 823-840 %G English %U https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/12301522filozofia.2019.74.10.3.pdf %9 State %2 Articles %3 823840