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Functionalism

noun
1.
A psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment.
2.
Any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose.





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... well-known form if not as yet a rival of the older wooden brace. Likewise, J. Parker Gordon's patent 52,042 of 1866 exemplifies the strengthening of a basic tool by the use of iron (fig. 43) and, as a result, the achievement of an even greater functionalism in design. The complete break with the medieval, however, is seen in a drawing submitted to the Commissioner of Patents in 1865 (pat. 51,660) by Milton V. Nobles of Rochester, New York.[9] Nobles' creation was of thoroughly modern design and appearance ...
— Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 • Peter C. Welsh


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