2. Methodology of Highway Engineering

Academician Pan Jiazheng pointed out in his article Philosophical Thinking in the Construction of Water Conservation (Journal of the China Academy of Water Conservation and Hydropower Science, Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2003): Water conservation engineers have many disciplines to master and cannot spend much energy on philosophical issues. But one’s thoughts and deeds are always dominated by one’s epistemology and world outlook. If there is any deviation in these aspects, although you have a good heart and master modern scientific and technological knowledge, it will often get half the result with twice the effort and even lead to unexpected consequences. In this way, it is helpful for hydraulic engineers to read some philosophical books. But engineers don’t have to read great classics, and sometimes a high-level philosophical essay is not as useful as a proverb. The article vividly summarizes the experience of water conservation projects into eight problems and explains the profound in simple terms, including: (1) the philosophy of looking in the mirror; (2) the philosophy of air travel; (3) the philosophy of taking traditional Chinese medicine; (4) the philosophy of holding eggs; (5) the philosophy of eating arsenic; (6) the philosophy of physical examination; (7) the philosophy of managing children; (8) the philosophy of eating crabs.