Functionalism, in architecture, is the principle that architects should design a building based on the purpose of that building. This statement is less self-evident than it first appears, and is a matter of confusion and controversy within the profession, particularly in regard to modern architecture....
Functionalism is a theory of the mind in contemporary philosophy, developed largely as an alternative to both the identity theory of mind and behaviourism....
Functionalism versus intentionalism is a Historiography debate about the origins of the Holocaust as well as most aspects of the Third Reich, such as foreign policy.... (Holocaust history)
Functionalism is a philosophical basis for much empirical research in psychology and cognitive science, which says that ?mental states are constituted by their causal relations to one another and to Sensory perception inputs and behavioral outputs? ....
Functionalism is a sociological paradigm that originally attempted to explain social institutions as collective means to fill individual biological needs.... or structural functionalism
Structural functionalism
Structural functionalism is a sociological paradigm which addresses what social functions various elements of the social system perform in regard to the entire system.... , a theoretical tradition within sociology
Sociology
Sociology is a branch of the social sciences that uses systematic methods of Empiricism and critical theory to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social structure and activity, sometimes with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare.... and anthropology
Anthropology
Anthropology is the study of humans and humanity in its totality. Anthropology has origins in the natural sciences, and the humanities. In Great Britain it was originally divided into physical anthropology and cultural anthropology, which itself was divided into archaeology, technology, ethnology and sociology .... .
Functional psychology or functionalism refers to a general psychological approach that views mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment....
Functionalism is a International relations theory that arose during the inter-War period principally from the strong concern about the obsolescence of the State as a form of social organization....
Functional(ist) theories of grammar in linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning .... , one of which is called functional grammar
Functional grammar
A range of grammatical function-based approaches to the scientific study of language have been termed "functional". The grammar model developed by Simon C....
Structural functionalism is a sociological paradigm which addresses what social functions various elements of the social system perform in regard to the entire system....
Danish Functionalism is a strand of functional linguistics drawing heavily on the work and ideas of Louis Hjelmslev, but also other functional frameworks such as cognitive semantics and Simon Dik's functional grammar....
