إنّ موقع الفلسفة من العلم، الذي كان يُسمّى في وقتٍ ما «نظرية المعرفة»، قد قوّضته حركةُ الفكر الفلسفي نفسه. لقد أزاحت الفلسفةُ الفلسفةَ عن هذا الموقع.

“Philosophy's position with regard to science, which at one time could be designated with the name "theory of knowledge," has been undermined by the movement of philosophical thought itself. Philosophy was dislodged from this position by philosophy.”Jurgen Habermas — Knowledge and Human Interests