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	It seems to me that Pylyshyn's desire to obtain a principled
separation between architectural and intentional features of
a cognitive system is laudable but may be quixotic.

	Namely, it seems that we can readily make computer systems
in which the architecture and the intentional features are
inextricably mixed.  As follows:

	1. the program can change the clock rate if it chooses to
do so.

	2. certain instructions are sometimes executed by hardware
and sometimes a cognitive program is called to do it interpretively.
This could happen when there is a difficulty, when this has been
requested at the cognitive level or even randomly.

	3. Now I understand why Zenon is reluctant to let me ascribe
beliefs to thermostats.  There is certainly no reason of principle
requiring it.