哈贝马斯对社会科学的方法论反思

康德对自然与精神的划界，导致价值从认识论隐退，从而使实证主义有机可乘，以知识论取代了认识论，这让哈贝马斯感到震惊，于是，哈贝马斯通过重新考察认识论，以兴趣为导向作认识的基础，力图恢复认识论的价值意义。为此，他分析西方实证主义兴起对社会科学产生的重大影响，运用自然科学的方法探究社会科学，认为把价值从社会科学中驱除的做法，危害着社会科学自身存在的价值，应该通过辨析自然科学方法使用在社会科学上的危害性，提出社会科学应该采用批判解释学，摆脱自然科学方法论阴影，从而克服社会科学所产生的危机。

Reflections of Habermas on Methodology of Social Sciences

The demarcation on the nature and spirit by Kant results in the retreat of value from the Epistemology,which gives opportunity to positivism. Knowledge takes the place of Epistemology,which makes Habermas shocked. Then Habermas re-examined epistemology,considered interest-orientation as the basis for Epistemology,and tried to restore the value of epistemology. Therefore,he analyzes the impact of the rise of western positivism on social sciences and explores the social sciences by the means of natural sciences. Habermas considers that driving out the value from social science endangers the value of the existence of social sciences so he proposes that critical hermeneutics should be adopted to break away from the shadow of methodology of natural sciences and to overcome the crisis generated by social sciences.