With the way you set things up... it's clearly unfalsifiable. Unconscious tendencies are subjected to interpretation. With conscious ones, at least the person can tell you his motives behind his actions. With the unconscious mind, you can attribute actions to anything.
I've been reading Toonia's post on the INFJ psychic thread. And you can apply that idea when evaluating this. Because we can only indirectly measure unconscious tendencies of the mind, our observations are subjected to bias. We can over-attribute behavior to the unconscious mind, and at the same time, downplay/disregard behavior that doesn't fit into our theory as being conscious override. It's the classical sharpening and leveling of perception as they call it in psychology. Although I must say temperaments belongs in the realm of philosophy... I really shouldn't be examining the essay using a scientific approach...
Hmmm this is certainly one of the most articulant description of INFP temperament that I've came across. There's a few comparisons that sparked my Ni. I might get back to you on those later as my mind isn't on task.
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