Subject
Subject
(Lat. subjicere to place under)
a) In EpistemologyThe subject of knowledge is the individual knower considered either as a pure ego (see Ego, Pure), a transcendental ego (see Ego, Transcendental) or an act of awareness. (See Awareness).
b) In PsychologyThe psychological subject is the individual subjected to observation. Thus the introspective psychologist may either rely on the report of another subject or he may self-introspect, i.e., serve as his own subject. (See Introspection). — L.W.
For the use of this word in traditional logic, see Predicate.