臺灣新士林哲學重要的理論宗旨是：如何融合中西兩大文化傳統以創造中國的天主教哲學，使天主教信仰真正本土化，成為中國文化的精神質素，從而提升和超拔中國文化。進入21世紀後，在全球化的大背景下，臺灣新士林哲學正呈現出更加開闊的理論視域、更加廣泛的哲學基礎、更加冷靜的視角觀點、更加開放的學術互動。它不僅關注士林哲學的本地化問題，更關切人類心靈和社會整體的生存境遇，較為強調人對自我的超越和對多元他者的開放，重視多元文化資源的融合與會通，超越宰制、對立的文化歧視，以期重建一種平等互動的跨文化哲學。

The important theoretical purpose of Neo-Scholasticism of Taiwan is: how to integrate the Chinese and Western cultural to create Chinese Catholic philosophy, to make the Catholic faith truly localized, to become the spiritual factor of Chinese culture, and to enhance and raise Chinese culture. Stepping into the 21st century, under the background of globalization, Neo-Scholasticism of Taiwan is showing a broader theoretical horizon, a broader philosophical foundation, a calmer viewpoint, and a more open academic interaction. It not only pays attention to the localization of Scholasticism, but also concerns the human mind and the living conditions of the whole society. It emphasizes the self-transcendence and the opening to the many others, attaches importance to the integration and communication of multicultural resources, and overcomes the culture discrimination of domination and opposition to rebuild the interculutral philosophy of equality and interaction.