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Originally Posted by toonia
This breaking down of the functions into sub-poles seems to articulate the problems with using T and F as opposing poles.
Are T and F really mutually exclusive? Are they related processes explored from opposite ends like S and N?
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The differences between T and F are not made as apparent through language as the differences between sensing and intuition. Sensing and Intuition inform the way you learn. Thinking and feeling inform your decision-making. Therefore it's easier to be precise in coming up with a vocab for the former than the latter.. Effectively differentiating between thinking and feeling preferences would require something more interactive and determinative than a series of bullet points. (totally unrealistic and possibly bad example: how would two civilians, one F and one T, function in a battlezone? Especially the cliched movie scenario with the nazi baddies tearing the lovers/children-parents/etc. apart. My guess is the typical outrageously emotive movie version is more F-ish. The T would probably wish that their lover/child/mother would stop crying and fighting the soldier because they'll both get shot in the head, then they would proceed to figure out a way to get the person back.)
Of course, you could very well be right...maybe they're not "opposites". but you're using the wrong medium to test your hypothesis. And you're not putting the same test to the other functions. I had some issues with S-N, for instance. I don't think Ns necessarily
focus on novelty, per se, much less focus on effectiveness less than sensors. At least not all Ns.