IGLC 25 · Heraklion, Greece · 2017
On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management.
- University of Huddersfield, School of Art, Design and Architecture, l.koskela@hud.ac.uk
- Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering and Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering
- Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering
- Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering
- Aalto University, Department of Computing
https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0336
Abstract
In philosophy of science, there have been two different starting points for epistemology: Platonism and Aristotelianism. These two alternative starting points have played a major role also in the formation of fundamental ideas of engineering and management generally as well as in relation to construction. It is contended that an overly Platonic influence on engineering and management has created a number of problems. For solving these problems, beyond mere patching, a more balanced take on Platonism and Aristotelianism is needed
Keywords
- Epistemology
- Construction Engineering
- Construction Management.
Cite this paper
APA 7th edition
Koskela, L., Pikas, E., Niiranen, J., Ferrantelli, A., & Dave, B. (2017). On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management. In 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 169–176). https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0336
Shortened reference for IGLC papers
Koskela, L., Pikas, E., Niiranen, J., Ferrantelli, A., & Dave, B. (2017). On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management. IGLC25. https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0336