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well, they are introverts, so they don't always make it terribly clear, unlike ExTJs who present it to you on a silver platter. still, when you find it, at least it's a whole, coherent system. it still has rules.
Fi, on the other hand... i mean, it has rules too, but its rules are much less clear. i like to think of the J functions as rulers - Te (obj, obj) uses a ruler whose units are derived from an outside measure (like the length of a chestnut) and always remains the same no matter what you are measuring. Fe (obj, subj) also uses outside measures, but its units may change depending on what you're measuring. (like equating a B from a really good school to an A from a mediocre one). then there's Ti (subj, obj), whose units stay the same but are made up by the person doing the measuring. and finally, there's Fi (subj, subj), whose units are created internally and change based on the situation.
this yields Fi some unique advantages but also makes it doubly removed from stable external reality - hence its users taking the crazy cake.
I think Marm brought up the point I was trying to get at specifically, and said it quiet nicely. The Ti logic is cohesive, but not necessarily sane and as such can have the same crazy-ness as the INFP. I think both can be equally seen as crazy if they abandon the only function they use to judge the outside world, like you have pointed out. In the end we agree. I'm just trying to point out the equality. Ti will be consistent in their "logical reasoning" making it stubborn and scary, while Fi can go bat-shit crazy and destroy like a wildfire and be equally scary for a different, but equal reason... The subjectivity and fluctuation of values when new information is presented to them.