TY  - CONF
TI  - On Epistemology of Construction Engineering and Management.
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
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/07/09
T2  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Heraklion, Greece
SP  - 169
EP  - 176
DO  - 10.24928/2017/0336
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
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.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1445/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1445
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -