funktsioneerimist
Funktsioneerimist (functionalism) is a theoretical stance in the philosophy of mind and the social sciences that explains phenomena by their functions within a system rather than by their internal constitution. In the philosophy of mind, functionalism holds that mental states are defined by their causal roles: the inputs they receive, the outputs they produce, and their relations to other mental states. Because functions can be realized in different physical substrates, the same mental state may be implemented in various brains or machines.
Originating in the mid-20th century with philosophers such as Hilary Putnam and Jerry Fodor, functionalism has
Critics argue that functionalism may overlook subjective experience (qualia) and mental content. The causal-exclusion problem questions
The approach informs computational modeling, AI design, and comparative cognition, and has inspired sociological theory about