Lloyd Morgan's canon noun phr. [lɔɪd 'mɔ:g(ǝ)nz ,kanǝn] Also Lloyd Morgan canon. M20.
[from C. Lloyd Morgan (1852-1936), Brit. psychologist + CANON noun¹.]
The principle that the behaviour of an animal should not be interpreted in terms of a higher psychological process if it can be explained in terms of a lower one.

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