INTP - The Critic?

Cypocalypse · 08-19-2008, 01:52 AM

I've seen many web articles describing the INTP as the 'Architect'. Sometimes, the 'Thinker'.

I find 'Architect' to be inaccurate. If that meant a literal Architect, then that doesn't make a good fit. Too much sensory skills needed, and the thinking function that's required is more Te than Ti.

Do you think Critic is more accurate?

Haphazard · 08-19-2008, 01:54 AM

Yes, if personal experience applies.

Jack Flak · 08-19-2008, 01:56 AM

Nah. I haven't in a while, but I used to draw schematics for fun, designing structures and objects.

Uberfuhrer · 08-19-2008, 01:57 AM

The socionics INTp is referred to as "The Critic." But socionics INTp is correlated with INTJ.

disregard · 08-19-2008, 02:02 AM

Architect implies building.. which seems more Ti.

Critiquing/Cricticising is more Te.. working with what already exists.

Jack Flak · 08-19-2008, 02:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Uberfuhrer

The socionics INTp is referred to as "The Critic." But socionics INTp is correlated with INTJ.

Well I'm INTP and INTp (Though as far as their descriptions go, half INTp half INTj), and last I checked they called INTp "Observers."

Uberfuhrer · 08-19-2008, 02:04 AM

Ti is the internal analysis of ideas or data.

Te is the active structuring and controlling of the external world.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Flak

Well I'm INTP and INTp (Though as far as their descriptions go, half INTp half INTj), and last I checked they called INTp "Observers."

Oh damn, you are right. Yes, the INTj is either called "The Critic" or "The Analyst" and the INTp is "The Observer."

Athenian200 · 08-19-2008, 02:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cypocalypse

I've seen many web articles describing the INTP as the 'Architect'. Sometimes, the 'Thinker'.

I find 'Architect' to be inaccurate. If that meant a literal Architect, then that doesn't make a good fit. Too much sensory skills needed, and the thinking function that's required is more Te than Ti.

Do you think Critic is more accurate?

Ti is the nitpicking function. Yes, definitely.

I think architect was meant in the sense of systems rather than real things, and it isn't that good a description, because they don't so much "build" systems as uncover systems through critical analysis, if I understand Ti correctly (which I may not).

htb · 08-19-2008, 02:17 AM

INTP - The Layabout/Genius.

Seriously speaking, INTPs are exceptional with any kind of architecture (technical, systems, data, etcetera).

mippus · 08-19-2008, 07:42 AM

The deconstructor?

08-19-2008, 01:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Cypocalypse Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: INTP Posts: 126	INTP - The Critic? I've seen many web articles describing the INTP as the 'Architect'. Sometimes, the 'Thinker'. I find 'Architect' to be inaccurate. If that meant a literal Architect, then that doesn't make a good fit. Too much sensory skills needed, and the thinking function that's required is more Te than Ti. Do you think Critic is more accurate?

08-19-2008, 01:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Haphazard Funny how that works... Join Date: Apr 2008 Type: BOOM Posts: 3,047	Yes, if personal experience applies. __________________ Be good and you will be lonesome. -Mark Twain The difference between a J and a P is not capacity for procrastination but rather pride in it.

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Uberfuhrer Full Circle Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 8,534	The socionics INTp is referred to as "The Critic." But socionics INTp is correlated with INTJ. __________________ "Place quotes in your signature to appear profound." --Uberfuhrer

08-19-2008, 07:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
mippus you are right Join Date: Jan 2008 Type: InTp Location: Belgium Posts: 885	The deconstructor? __________________ Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas

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08-19-2008, 01:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jack Flak Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Type: INTP Location: The Everlasting Sky Posts: 9,359	Nah. I haven't in a while, but I used to draw schematics for fun, designing structures and objects.

08-19-2008, 02:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
disregard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Type: Posts: 5,922	Architect implies building.. which seems more Ti. Critiquing/Cricticising is more Te.. working with what already exists.

08-19-2008, 02:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
htb Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTJ Posts: 1,375	INTP - The Layabout/Genius. Seriously speaking, INTPs are exceptional with any kind of architecture (technical, systems, data, etcetera).

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