1 The aspect of subjectivity in scientific thinking – 2 where did it actually come from ? 3

Subjectivity has always been a part of philosophical speculations. However, Immanuel 7 Kant is mentioned as the main figure to bring in subjectivity in modern philosophy by comparing 8 the Critique of Pure Reason with the Copernican revolution. We might include Descartes as well, and 9 not least the followers of Kant, like Fichte and Hegel. Yet none of these end up with subjectivity as 10 the only premise for thinking, but rather combine it with objectivity. Hence, subjectivity has 11 appeared as a stranger in philosophy and yet not fully accepted. In this paper, I try to pursue the 12 aspect of subjectivity by not looking at philosophy, but rather at psychology. The appearance of the 13 term can be dated back to 1520 when the Croatian humanist Marcus Marulus published the thesis 14 entitled “Psychology, the Nature of the Soul”. This thesis is lost, but by pursuing the appearance of 15 the term, four different movements seem to contribute with and highlight an aspect of subjectivity. 16 One is Humanism, the other is Reformation, the third is a focus on the empirical aspects of science 17 and the fourth is the dissemination of folk culture to academics and aristocracy by means of the art 18 of printing. The finding, therefore, is that psychology is not to be regarded as a discipline that 19 grows out of philosophy, but rather as a discipline that conflicts philosophy, but nevertheless 20 intervenes it and makes it progress. 21