From a point of view of self-reflection, Habermas has revealed the relation of knowledge to interest, criticized the positivist epistemology and its view of science and paved the road to the construction of basis of social critical theory.

• 哈贝马斯从认识对自身的反思入手，揭示了认识与兴趣的关系，批判了实证主义的认识论及其科学观，为奠定社会批判理论的认识论基础扫清了道路。