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