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Theliteralmeaningofphilosophyis“loveofwisdom”.Butthismeaningdoesnottellusverymuch.Unliketheotherdiscilines（学科）philosopjycannotedefinedbywhatyoustudybecauseitsiactuallyunlimited.Anythingcanbethesubjectmatterofphilosophy:arehistorylawlanguageliteraturemathematicsandinfacttheotheracademicdisciplinesaredirectlyrelatedtophilosopkhy.ForthisreasonyougetaDoctorate（博士学位）ofPhilosoophy(Ph.D.)inbiochemistyorcomputerscienceorpsychology.

Twobroadsub-fieldsofphilosophyarelogicandthehistoryofphilosophy.Logicisthescienceofargumentanderiticalthinkging.Itprovidessoundmethodsfordistinguishinggoodfrombadreasonign.Thehistoryofphilosopjyinvolivesthestudyofmajorphilosophersandperrsiadinthedevelopmentofphilosophy.

Ofwhatuseisphilosophy?Firstitisusefulineducationaladvancemet.Itisnecessaryforundesrtandingotherdisciplines.Onlyphilosopjyquestiongthenatureoftheconceptsusedinadisciplineanditsrelatintootherdisco[;omes.Andthroughtthestdyofphilosophyonedevelopssoundmethodsofresearchandanalysisthatcanbeappliedtoanyfield.

Thereareanumberofgengralusesofphilosophy.Itstrengthensone’sabilitytosolveproblesmtocommunieatetoorganizeideasandissuestopresuadeandtotakewhatisthemostimportantformalargequamityofdata.Thesegeneralusesareofgreatbenefitinthecareerfirldnotnecessarilyofrboutainingonej’sfirstjobaftergraduationbutforpreparingforposttionsofresponsibilitymanagemetnandleadershinlateron.Itisveryshorsihteafteralltotakeacourseofstudiesonlyforthepurposeofgettingone’sfirstjob.Theusefulskillsdevelopedthroughtthestudyofphilosophyhavsignificanglong-termbenefitsincanreeradvancement.Nootherdisciplinesystematicallyfollowstheidealsofwisdomleadershipandcapacitytoreasolvehumanconflict.

72.AccprdomgtoParagraph1.philosophycanbestbedescribedasthestudyof .

A.socialsciences

B.naturalsciences

C.bothsocialandnaturalsciences

D.thesubjectmatterofpolitics

73.Withthestudyofphilosophyyoucan .

A.becomeagreatleader