02 The 8 cognitive function in-depth explanation (OLD AND OUTDATED)
UPDATE 2021-10-08: THE POSTS ON THIS BLOG ARE SHIT. THEY WERE WRITTEN ONLY MONTHS AFTER I DISCOVERED TYPOLOGY AND I DON'T AGREE WITH AT LEAST HALF OF THE STUFF HERE ANYMORE. I DO NOT REGRET MAKING THESE POSTS BECAUSE WRITING IS A LEARNING EXERCISE FOR ME BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY ARE OLD AND OUTDATED. READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND USE CRITICAL THINKING. The rational/irrational function dichotomy: The best and simplest way you can describe the difference between the 4 rational (also called judging) functions (Ti Fi Te Fe) and the 4 irrational (also known as perceiving) functions (Ni Si Ne Se) is that judging functions distort, modify, understand information, basically they make judgments with it while perceiving functions simply take it as it is (absorb it) and leave it raw like that. The fact that half are called rational and half irrational doesn't mean that irrational functions are less smart or inferior in any other way, it means th...