Walter of Chatton criticized its application and developed an "anti" version of it, and it was first formulated in terms of experience, sacred scripture, and the principle of sufficient reason.
One variation of this statement is used to eliminate anthropomorphic causes of animal behavior, while another variation is used to explain away malice. Those variations are named for Lloyd Morgan and Hanlon, and one statement counter to it is known as Crabtree's Bludgeon. Walter of Chatton criticized its application and developed an "anti" version of it, and it was first formulated in terms of experience, sacred scripture, and the principle of sufficient reason. Also known as the lex parsimoniae and used extensively in evolutionary biology and other sciences, FTP, name this reductionist principle named for a 14th-century English nominalist philosopher that states "entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity"
One variation of this statement is used to eliminate anthropomorphic causes of animal behavior, while another variation is used to explain away malice.
{Ockham’s Razor}