Functionalism

Functionalism may refer to:

  • Functionalism (architecture), the idea that architects should design a building based on the what that building will be used for
  • Functionalism in international relations, a theory that started during the inter-War period
  • Functional linguistics, a theory about how to study language
  • Functionalism (philosophy of mind), a theory of the mind in modern philosophy
  • Functionalism versus intentionalism, a historiographical debate about what started the Holocaust
  • Structural functionalism, a theory of sociology and anthropology
  • Biological functionalism, an anthropological paradigm
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