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Full Idea
The inferring of premises from consequences is the essence of induction.
Gist of Idea
Induction is inferring premises from consequences
Source
Bertrand Russell (Regressive Method for Premises in Mathematics [1907], p.274)
Book Ref
Russell,Bertrand: 'Essays in Analysis', ed/tr. Lackey,Douglas [George Braziller 1973], p.274
A Reaction
So induction is just deduction in reverse? Induction is transcendental deduction? Do I deduce the premises from observing a lot of white swans? Hm.