From analysis/synthesis to conjecture/analysis: a review of Karl Popper's influence on design methodology in architecture

✍ Scribed by Greg Bamford

• Book ID: 104288966
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 99 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0142-694X
• DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(01)00037-0

✦ Synopsis

The two principal models of design in methodological circles in architecture-analysis/synthesis and conjecture/analysis-have their roots in philosophy of science, in different conceptions of scientific method. This paper explores the philosophical origins of these models and the reasons for rejecting analysis/synthesis in favour of conjecture/analysis, the latter being derived from Karl Popper's view of scientific method. I discuss a fundamental problem with Popper's view, however, and indicate a framework for conjecture/analysis to avoid this problem.