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MIND & LANGUAGE
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 224-246Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.2007.00338.x
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Morgan's Canon is a very widely endorsed methodological principle in animal psychology, believed to be vital for a rigorous, scientific approach to the study of animal cognition. In contrast I argue that Morgan's Canon is unjustified, pernicious and unnecessary. I identify two main versions of the Canon and show that they both suffer from very serious problems. I then suggest an alternative methodological principle that captures all of the genuine methodological benefits that Morgan's Canon can bring but suffers from none of its problems.
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