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A Critique of Alfred R Mele’s Work on Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy

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Acknowledgments

With a great sense of joy and pleasure, I take this opportunity to thank my research supervisor, Dr. Vineet Sahu ( IIT Kanpur, India), for his comments and suggestions of an earlier version of this paper. My sincere thanks also go to the anonymous referees of the JICPR for their valuable corrections, remarks, and suggestions.

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Das, P. A Critique of Alfred R Mele’s Work on Autonomous Agents: From Self-Control to Autonomy. J. Indian Counc. Philos. Res. 35, 603–617 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40961-018-0142-1

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