We wish to be clear that we do not mean to discourage others from using their own judgment in typing. We do not ask others to defer to our authority. Indeed we are aware that we continually make mistakes and also that we have blind spots and lots left to learn. We welcome thoughtful arguments[…] Continue Reading
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DISCLAIMER: The following typology is obviously more archetypical than ‘seriously’ psychometric in any sense. In the book C.G. Jung Speaks (Princeton University Press 1977), Jung offers a taxonomy of “Dictators” or “Tribal Leaders” which he divides as follows: There are two kinds of dictators – the chieftain type and the medicine man type. (p. 93)[…] Continue Reading
As Jung says in the Face-to-Face interview with BBC in 1959, he was studying Kant during the early parts of his career in order to better understand human cognition. As Jung says: “I was studying Kant. I was steeped in it.” Kant believed that sensing and intuition are factors that condition our conscious experience of[…] Continue Reading
The following comment has been put to us regarding Frank Ocean: Ni seems much higher in his stacking than Tert. He doesn’t seem at all like the other popular Fi/Se musicians who are more sultry and seductive and far less cerebral and metaphorical in presentation. Here is our reply: We are quite certain of Ocean’s[…] Continue Reading
In Psychological Types Jung says of Socrates: “[T]he strongly rationalistic attitude of Socrates repressed the intuitive function as far as possible, so that it had to make itself felt in the form of concrete hallucinations since it had no direct access to consciousness.” Meaning that according to Jung, Socrates had an S in his four-letter[…] Continue Reading
In her book Psychotherapy the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz asserts that Thinking is Einstein‘s dominant function, meaning she identified him as either INTP, ISTP, ENTJ or ESTJ. Reference: Von Franz: Psychotherapy p. 42 (Shambhala 1993)
In her book Psychotherapy the Jungian analyst Marie-Louise von Franz asserts that Hitler‘s repressed function is neither Feeling or Intuition, thus asserting that Hitler was either INJ, IFP, EFJ, or ENP. Reference: Von Franz: Psychotherapy, p. 59-60 (Shambhala 1993)
This post should not be read as an endorsement of any candidate in the upcoming U.S. election. In this post we are merely trying to assess whether prior experience as a business leader can be translated into success in public office. Last week the second of the three presidential debates was resolved in the shape[…] Continue Reading
Our foremost aim is to compare and contrast the two men. We leave it to the reader to decide for himself to which degree each point pertains to their psychological type. We use the word ‘political progressive’ in the historical context of the 19th century and it should not be confused with the tendency of[…] Continue Reading
Some people come to this site after having read David Keirsey‘s portraits of the ISFP and the INFP. These people understandably think that out of those two portraits, the INFP portrait is the better fit for Bob Dylan. Having read the portraits ourselves, we agree: Going by Keirsey’s portraits, INFP really is the better fit[…] Continue Reading