Reasoning backward as this article anticipates is not logical.
From the economist.com
Blaming food crisis on tree planting is backward reasoning.
From the guardian.co.uk
Inferred justification is a sort of backward chain of reasoning.
From the newsweek.com
That would look backward, I'm guessing was the reasoning.
From the businessweek.com
By backward reasoning, one can recursively evaluate a non-final position as identical to that of the position that is one move away and best valued for the player whose move it is.
From the en.wikipedia.org
However, the backward reasoning technique, implemented by SLD resolution, used to solve problems in logic programming languages such as Prolog, treats programs as goal-reduction procedures.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They conclude that chess players are familiar with using backward induction reasoning and hence need less learning to reach the equilibrium.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Backward induction is the process of reasoning backwards in time, from the end of a problem or situation, to determine a sequence of optimal actions.
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This reasoning implies that Parapeytoia, which has legs and a backward-pointing mouth like that of the earliest arthropods, is a more credible closest relative of arthropods than is Anomalocaris.