...question, the principle of parsimony is taken as a guide : "in no case may we interpret an action as the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it...exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." The undeniable dangers of this, in the evident fact that nature doesn't always operate by what...

...animals in close affinity to man ; and (2) that in no case is an animal activity to be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can fairly be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological...

...SUGGESTIONS TOWARD A LABORATORY COURSE IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By LINUS W. KLINE, Ph. D. "In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise...exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." — C. Lloyd Morgan. "But why should we bind ourselves by a hard and fast rule. . . ? Is it...

...that these are of coordinate importance. •k That in no case is an animal activity to be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be fairly interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale....

...adopted as the fundamental canon of interpretation in animal psychology, is stated thus : "In no " case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise...exercise of one which "stands lower in the psychological scale." There are two kinds of suggestions, primary and secondary, due respectively to external and...

...not to assume any higher process. For we saw that in no case is an animal activity to be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be fairly interpreted as the outcome of the existence of one which stands lower in the psychological scale....

...very conservative position in regard to animal intelligence, lay down the rule that we must in no case interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise of a higher faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological...

...SUGGESTIONS TOWARD A LABORATORY COURSE IN COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By LINUS W. KLINE, Ph. D. "In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise...exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." — C. Lloyd Morgan. "But why should we bind ourselves by a hard and fast rule. . . ? Is it...

...the following principle of C. Lloyd Morgan: " In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of a higher, psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted...exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." In most, perhaps in all, of the examples thus far used, the best interpretation seems to be...

...interpretation which has often been quoted as "Lloyd Morgan's Canon." The principle is as follows : " In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise...exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale" (280, p. 53). In other words, when in doubt take the simpler interpretation. Forexample,adogdetected...