chris1207 said:
One thing that I think is interesting is we talking about N's attaching meaning to what they see around them. Attaching meaning, in my mind, is a form of interpretation. I thought interpretation was relegated to the judging cognitive functions. If both T/F and N can interpret the world around them, what distinguishes N's way of interpreting from T/F?
good point. i think it has a lot to do with how we take in the information - i've heard the S/N split once described as "do you pay attention to what things
are, or what things
could be?". i thought that was great - because it's not about what you think of the information, but which information we choose to take in. and there are ample pitfalls on either end of that question. our brains filter through a lot of info at first glance, and my suspicion is that Se/Si/Ne/Ni all tend to prioritize different information - but that's all in the information gathering stage, before any other processing, which would be the T/F domain.
_Poki_ said:
The Dom Ne's I know focus heavily on what they take in. They believe what they want to, but they still focus heavily on what they take in. Believe what they want can be "interpreting", but they still "focus" on what they take in.
i think i understand... in other words, we focus on collecting and interrelating information more than on how to use it? Perceiving is seeing possibilities, but Judging is deciding which possibilities one ought to take advantage of. it's not uncommon for Ne doms to hold seemingly-conflicting opinions on many topics, for example. because we focus more on the many different ways in which the topic could be seen, instead of focusing on how it
should be seen.
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anyway - liYA - do you tend to:
(1) assess how things are different from how they were in the past, and be attentive to detail?
(2) attend to present physical realities and action, responding moment-to-moment?
(3) envision future scenarios and how things are likely to turn out, predicting and forseeing?
(4) see connections and relations, think in terms of impressions and patterns?
highlight once you've decided:
1, introverted Sensing
2, extraverted Sensing
3, introverted iNtuition
4, extraverted iNtuition