Mental life is fundamentally about adjustment to environment.
感受是行动的指南。
We think in order to adapt.
我们思考是为了适应。
Psychology must look at the utility of consciousness.
心理学必须关注意识的实用性。
Mental processes exist because they serve a purpose.
The study of mind should be the study of its adaptive functions.
对心智的研究应着眼于其适应功能。
Every mental state is a function of some physical state of the brain.
每种心理状态都是大脑某种物理状态的功能。
Consciousness is not a thing, but a process.
意识并非实体，而是过程。
The mind is what the brain does.
大脑的运作即为心智。