C. Lloyd Morgan

Psychologist, Author

1852 – 1936

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Who was C. Lloyd Morgan?

Conwy Lloyd Morgan, FRS was a British ethologist and psychologist. He is best remembered for the experimental approach to animal psychology now known as Morgan's canon, a specialised form of Occam's razor which played a role in behaviourism, insisting that higher mental faculties should only be considered as explanations if lower faculties could not explain a behaviour.

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Born
Feb 6, 1852
London
Also known as
  • Conwy Lloyd Morgan
  • Conway Morgan
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Royal School of Mines
Died
Mar 6, 1936
Hastings

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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