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A comment on Bertrand Russell’s infinite sock drawer. Parent comment
> Even if you go in reverse, finding premises for your conclusions, your conclusion must still follow from the premises you found.
GP means 'follow' in the sense of logical deduction, not follow in time.
Having found the premise (after the conclusion), the conclusion (we started with) must then logically follow from the premises (we later found).
> Even if you go in reverse, finding premises for your conclusions, your conclusion must still follow from the premises you found.
GP means 'follow' in the sense of logical deduction, not follow in time.
Having found the premise (after the conclusion), the conclusion (we started with) must then logically follow from the premises (we later found).