He called the arrangement "a factual sham" that "lacked objective economic substance and a subjective business purpose other than the tax benefits flowing from the interest deductions".
"[T]he relevant inquiry is not the subjective or actual purpose of the individuals involved in a particular encounter, but rather the purpose that reasonable participants would have had, as ascertained from the individuals' statements and actions and the circumstances in which the encounter occurred".
Study of social action through interpretive means (Verstehen) must be based upon understanding the subjective meaning and purpose that individuals attach to their actions.
Nor can we use subjective probabilities for scientific purposes, since this would be unacceptably arbitrary.
How disruptive is this to the family?" Of course, what constitutes "picky eating" is subjective, but for purposes of this study the researchers considered a child a selective eater if he or she only ate from a specific range of foods, or was so particular that eating with others was often difficult.
We were comfortable with the level of reporting for our purposes since parents' subjective perception of function in various domains is reflected in their perceived need for help (Baker and Heller, 1996).
This paper proposes a subjective assessment for this purpose.
(This is again a subjective evaluation, the hidden purpose of which is to evaluate the marketable value of the manuscript).
We do not employ the MacPherson definition of racist incidents, when it comes to antisemitism, because we believe it to be too subjective for consistent analytical purposes.
A free-body diagram is such an example and is selected and constructed along subjective lines for the purposes of force analysis.
