Science，科學或學術，其本質即為「方法」與「系統」；「方法」指的是「形式」的一面，「系統」則指的是「內容」的一面。而科學之為一系統知識，即在於藉由正確的方法而使得科學成為一有條不紊、具備普遍、必然之特性的整體，並有其發展之可能。康德的先驗哲學，即是在知識的批判上，確立科學之所以可能的條件。然而，康德先驗哲學的起點──顯象(appearance)─並無錯誤，只是，顯象要成為「客觀的」，即必須關聯於「絕對」而被限定，即為；客觀顯象。康德卻隔斷了這層關聯，只是藉著一種空洞的概念-理性的理念-來確保判斷的系統完整性。新士林哲學的超驗方法，即是針對康德先驗哲學方法的此一缺憾而做的進一步發展。

　　　　　Science is essentially a “method” and a “system”; the “method” refers to “form” and the “system” refers to “content.” Science, by way of correct method, makes itself an orderly whole, with the qualities of generality, necessity, and developmental possibility, which makes science systematic knowledge. Kant's transcendental philosophy lies on the basis of the critique of knowledge, it attempts to establish the conditions in which science is possible. Nothing is wrong with the starting point of Kant's transcendental philosophy-appearance-; it is only that appearance must be in connection with the “absolute” and limited in order to be “objective”, that is to say “objective appearance”. Kant separated this connection through a hollow concept of the “rational idea” in order to ensure the integration of a judgmental system. The Neo-Scholastic transcendental method aims at the deficiencies of Kant's transcendental method in an attempt to further develop it.