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    Supports→Bacteria exhibit minimal agency

    An agent is a unified entity distinguishable from its environment that acts by itself in accord with a certain goal or norm

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    Suppose, for the sake of argument, that it is appropriate to ascribe representational mental states to non-human beings of various kinds. It may still be the case that there are other kinds of non-human beings that are capable of agency and that do not possess representational mental states. Would this show that the standard theory is too demanding? Only if the standard theory is construed as providing an account of agency as such. According to a less demanding view, the standard theory provides

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