Athenian200
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I recently considered a line of thinking about this. That is, that NTs (particularly T-dominant NTs) are likely to process their values and feelings in a concrete manner rather than an abstract one as NFs are wont to do. This would mean that their raw feelings, before they've been consciously set aside and processed through the intellect, are more similar to SF feelings than NF feelings.
Now, the effect may (or may not) be less pronounced in N-dominant NTs (INTJs and ENTPs), because they may have an increased ability to spontaneously shift their normal interpretive paradigm enough to switch into NF processing compared to their T-dominant counterparts (ENTJs and INTPs). Also, an NT that for some reason or other has consciously cultivated an NF perspective may also exhibit this tendency to a lesser degree.
In essence, what I'm implying is that NT feelings and personal values (the ones not derived from the intellect) are naturally tied more to the concrete and tangible than the abstract. NTs are usually focused on the abstract, but they only process it intellectually, they don't tend to orient their feelings to an abstraction rather than concrete reality, in other words. They feel things based on the concretely perceivable (S) world around them.
Not saying that they always value SF in a positive way (though some of them will)... some of them might very well express this side negatively, being uncomfortably aware of the SF world and finding fault with the way they assign value to things to such an extent that they need to protest it, whereas people who don't process emotions concretely might be completely oblivious to most of said perceptions that the NT protests against. In other words, NTs may not realize that it's their own receptiveness to concrete emotional processing that makes them sensitive to these cues to the point of actually being concerned about them.
In other words, the NT focus on abstractions may be purely an intellectual one, and they may not actually feel anything in relation to abstractions or patterns.
What do you think? Do you agree?
Now, the effect may (or may not) be less pronounced in N-dominant NTs (INTJs and ENTPs), because they may have an increased ability to spontaneously shift their normal interpretive paradigm enough to switch into NF processing compared to their T-dominant counterparts (ENTJs and INTPs). Also, an NT that for some reason or other has consciously cultivated an NF perspective may also exhibit this tendency to a lesser degree.
In essence, what I'm implying is that NT feelings and personal values (the ones not derived from the intellect) are naturally tied more to the concrete and tangible than the abstract. NTs are usually focused on the abstract, but they only process it intellectually, they don't tend to orient their feelings to an abstraction rather than concrete reality, in other words. They feel things based on the concretely perceivable (S) world around them.
Not saying that they always value SF in a positive way (though some of them will)... some of them might very well express this side negatively, being uncomfortably aware of the SF world and finding fault with the way they assign value to things to such an extent that they need to protest it, whereas people who don't process emotions concretely might be completely oblivious to most of said perceptions that the NT protests against. In other words, NTs may not realize that it's their own receptiveness to concrete emotional processing that makes them sensitive to these cues to the point of actually being concerned about them.
In other words, the NT focus on abstractions may be purely an intellectual one, and they may not actually feel anything in relation to abstractions or patterns.
What do you think? Do you agree?