TY - CONF TI - On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management. C1 - Heraklion, Greece C3 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction SP - 169 EP - 176 PY - 2017 DO - 10.24928/2017/0336 AU - Koskela, Lauri AU - Pikas, Ergo AU - Niiranen, Jarkko AU - Ferrantelli, Andrea AU - Dave, Bhargav AD - University of Huddersfield, School of Art, Design and Architecture, l.koskela@hud.ac.uk AD - Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering and Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering AD - Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering AD - Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering AD - Aalto University, Department of Computing AB - 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 KW - Epistemology KW - Construction Engineering KW - Construction Management. PB - T2 - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 2017/07/09 CY - Heraklion, Greece L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1445/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1445 N1 - Export Date: 18 April 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -