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Yvonne Truscott, Poppleton University¡¯s head of humanities (The Poppletonian, 22 February), is justifiably worried about expenses incurred by the department of philosophy, particularly ¡°the annual cost of resharpening its Occam¡¯s razor¡±. I suggest that the department take note of this and be ready to defend outgoings on balls for its ancient Lloyd Morgan ¡°canon¡±. A necessary weapon to annihilate any hint of anthropomorphism contaminating research in the animal lab.

R. E. Rawles
Honorary research fellow in psychology
UCL

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