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