The twentieth century psychiatry and psychology attempted to move away from the subjective experience, questioning their validity, especially under the influence of behaviorism.
While severe or higher late complications are unlikely to escape documentation and are easily recognised according to the RTOG scale (Table 1), the scoring of less severe complications might be subjective, thus questioning its reproducibility within multicenter trials.
"As hard as it is to get a notion of truth in a novel -- and Thackeray was questioning subjective and objective truths -- it can be done.
The objective duration of surgery was compared to its subjective assessment obtained by questioning patients immediately after drape removal and referred throughout the text as the patient-assessed duration.
Because of the subjective scope, xerostomia can only be assessed by questioning, using discriminative questions.
The Delphi survey approach, including the development of the questions, selection of panellists, processing of feedback, and determination of the number of rounds of questioning, tends to be subjective, although less subjective than the usual way experts are chosen for modelling studies (the reason this study was undertaken).
Thanks to Putnam, Tyler Burge and others, Davidson said, philosophy could now take the objective realm for granted and start questioning the alleged "truths" of subjective experience.
Use of CVMI staging does not require an additional radiation exposure in orthodontic patients but assessment of maturation status depends on the subjective evaluation and perception of the observer, thereby questioning the repeatability and validity [20].
Clinically, questioning the patient's personal interpretation and their subjective appreciation of different stressful life-events seems particularly important to the interpretation of their potential effects on their mental state [ 7, 8].
While xerostomia is the subjective feeling of dry mouth, and is assessed by directly questioning individuals [ 3], salivary gland hypofunction (SGH) results in salivary output (flow rate) which is lower than normal; it is determined by sialometry [ 4].
