ABSTRACT
Subject analysis looks principally to the beings grasped in subjects and only functionally to meaning expressed in predicates. The hermeneutics of iconography is subject analysis. Subject analysis was defined provisionally at the beginning of this study as the rational penetration of subjects of which meanings are predicated. It involves the conversion of subjects into predicates in order to understand what is "being done" within the iconic art or structure. Casual conversation as a social art is an instance in question which is highly illustrative of subject analysis; speech is crucial in all communication because it is the highest species within the genus. In a post-modern world of shifting myths and dissolving cultural patterns, the irony provided by subject analysis may be an effective instrument of communication in an increasingly divided and tribalized world. Subject analysis is demythologization, but demythologization with philosophical sophistication, not a banner.
