The dispute that whether Aristotle could be regard as a functionalist has always been arising great controversy. After our interpretation, we can find that the teleology and functionalism play a significant role in Aristotle metaphysics. Faced with the problem of soul which all of the ancient Greek philosophers were concerned, Aristotle has selected a distinctive theoretical route. In the solution of the problem of soul, teleology and functionalism were put into practice by Aristotle. He defined the soul as an actuality of the first kind of a natural organized body, and explained the soul with teleological functionalism.%对于亚里士多德是否是功能主义者这一问题历来学者们争论不休。从对亚里士多德形而上学的解读中我们发现目的论与功能主义都在其中扮演着重要的角色。面对古希腊哲学家们十分关注的灵魂问题，亚里士多德选取了一条与众不同的理论路径。他将目的论和功能主义的立场贯彻到对于灵魂问题的解决中，把灵魂定义为具有诸官能的自然物体的原始实现，从而对灵魂做了目的论功能主义的阐释。
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