意识论是马克思主义哲学结构体系的重要组成部分。马克思主义经典作家对于意识大多都是些原则性的论述;并且,在对这些经典论述进行的解读中,存在着一些比较模糊甚至矛盾的地方。功能主义作为当代西方心灵哲学中具有很大影响力的一种心身理论,有其他理论所不能与之相比的解释力。而且,功能主义与马克思主义意识论的科学内涵是一致的。因此,可以尝试借鉴功能主义来丰富和发展马克思主义意识论。 Consciousness theory is an important part of Marxist philosophical structure system. The classical Marxist writers are mostly principled discourses on consciousness; and, in their interpretation of these classic discourses, there are some vague and even contradictory places. As a kind of psychosomatic theory that has a great influence in contemporary western philosophy of mind, functionalism has explanatory power that other theories can not compare with. Moreover, the scientific connotation of functionalism and Marxist epistemology is consistent. Therefore, we can try to use functionalism to enrich and develop Marxist epistemology.