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Morgan's canon

law of parsimony in comparative (animal) psychology
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Morgan's canon

Summary

Morgan's canon is a principle[1]. It draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #80 of 126).[2]

Key Facts

  • Morgan's canon is credited with the discovery of C. Lloyd Morgan[3].
  • Morgan's canon's instance of is recorded as principle[4].
  • C. Lloyd Morgan is named after Morgan's canon[5].
  • Morgan's canon's field of this occupation is recorded as animal behavior[6].
  • Morgan's canon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0213zc[7].
  • Morgan's canon's facet of is recorded as comparative psychology[8].
  • Morgan's canon's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/principle-of-parsimony[9].
  • Morgan's canon's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778170298[10].

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Works and Contributions

Morgan's canon is credited with the discovery of C. Lloyd Morgan[3].

Why It Matters

Morgan's canon draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (principle category, ranking #80 of 126).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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