Philosophical Archetypes: Xenophanes (ENTP)

“The freedom of the individual finds its high point in Xenophanes and in [his] almost boundless withdrawal from all conventionality.” – Nietzsche: Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks §10 “His temperament was … restless, curious, many-sided, critical as well as biting, he would rightly be considered … the man who would trace new[…] Continue Reading

A Definition of Se and Si

Michael Pierce is a video maker and contributing guest writer for CelebrityTypes. As always with guest writers on the site, Pierce’s piece represents his own insights and type assessments and not necessarily those of the site. Still, we very much enjoy his work and are pleased to be able to share it with our visitors. *** “C.G. Jung said[…] Continue Reading

Rawls on How to Treat Others

Stefan Kirchner is an Associate Professor of Human Rights at the University of Lapland in Finland and a contributing guest writer for CelebrityTypes. In this article, Kircher elaborates on how John Rawls, one of the most renowned philosophers of the 20th century, thought that we should treat others. As always with guest writers on the[…] Continue Reading

Why Woodrow Wilson Is ISTJ

In this article, two of the site administrators explain their current reasons for why they think Woodrow Wilson is an ISTJ. Of the three articles on Woodrow Wilson’s type provided by this site, only the present article can be taken to represent the official views and type assessments of the site.  By Ryan Smith and Eva Gregersen[…] Continue Reading

Woodrow Wilson’s Psychological Type

Articles on Wilson Provided by this Site: Why Wilson Is ISTJ – In this article the site administrators explain their current reasons for why they think Woodrow Wilson is ISTJ. Of the three articles provided here, only this article should be taken to represent the official views and type assessments of the site.  Why Wilson Is[…] Continue Reading

Why Woodrow Wilson Is INTJ, Part 2

Dylan Shapiro is a contributing guest writer for CelebrityTypes. Shapiro previously alerted us to the possibility that Wilson was INTJ (and not INFJ as we originally thought). In this article, Shapiro furthers his case for Wilson as an INTJ. Shapiro originally wrote an article on why Wilson is INTJ with one of the site admins[…] Continue Reading

The Pre-Socratics as a Dance of Personalities, Part 2

By Ryan Smith What would you say if I told you that Einstein, Darwin, Bohr, Popper, Heisenberg, and Hubble (of Hubble Telescope fame) were all part of the same stageplay some roughly 2500 years ago? You would think it was impossible because these people weren’t even born back then. But then, maybe it is possible.[…] Continue Reading

Dharma Combat in Zen

“A lecture on Zen is always something in the nature of a hoax because it really does deal with a domain of experience that cannot be talked about.” – Alan Watts “Many of the Zen anecdotes … not only border on the grotesque but are right there in the middle of it, and sound like the most crashing[…] Continue Reading

Hayek’s Epistemology of the Social Sciences

By Ryan Smith The Austrian Nobel laureate, economist, philosopher, and social theorist F.A. Hayek is perhaps best known for his work on economics. But he was also, in turn, a pioneer in the fields of epistemology and psychology. In this article I attempt to present a few of his points on those topics. The starting[…] Continue Reading

Pierce Presents: ESFJ

Michael Pierce is a video maker and contributing guest writer for CelebrityTypes. As always with guest writers on the site, Pierce’s piece represents his own insights and type assessments and not necessarily those of the site. Still, we very much enjoy his work and are pleased to be able to share it with our visitors. By Michael[…] Continue Reading