Philosophy and social sciences in a broad sense in the world include not only philosophy, but also many related liberal arts disciplines, such as economics, psychology, law, art, education, management, history, China language and literature, sociology, anthropology, foreign language and literature, politics, religion, logic, ethics and other interdisciplinary subjects.
If students from other departments take philosophy courses or minor in philosophy, it will also be of great benefit to their professional study. Because from a deeper perspective, it can be said that almost any research field will lead to some philosophical problems, so philosophy and many other academic fields complement each other.
There are some related topics in any field, but they are not directly studied, such as the basic properties of concepts and theories in this field. However, these topics often become the object of philosophical research. For example, some questions related to natural science or social science, such as what is the relationship between scientific theory and the world we see? It is not the object of scientific research in itself, but it is exactly what the philosophy of science discusses.
Similarly, political philosophy examines the rationality of various political systems; Philosophy of law studies the essence and theoretical basis of law; Aesthetics explores the basis of beauty and provides a framework for understanding literature and art. Moreover, since any discipline needs to apply the principles of reasoning and justification, the two philosophical fields of logic and epistemology are closely related to all disciplines.