What does it mean to value a function?
It's never been out right explained...
So say I value :Si: , This would mean I would respect and like people who are calm and caring. I would want my environment to be one of peace, with a soft atmosphere.
Say I value :Se: , This would mean I respect and like people who are rowdy and willful. I want my environment to be one full of activity, with challenges here and there to keep it interesting. Being placid would not be psychologically pleasing.
Say I value :Fe: , This means I respect and like people who easily show their emotions, and passions. I want my environment to be saturated with emotional activity, with either an intense atmosphere or a Happy-go-lucky one, either way, the mood has to be easily felt.
Say I value :Fi: , This means I respect and like people who go out of their way to be conscientious and caring, people who try to get to know what I need and what I lik. I want my environment to be close-knit, more sentimental than emotional.
I openly admit I have no idea what I'm talking about. But is that what it means to value a function? It's about what you like in people and in your environment, right? I don't know. I'm open to correction. Just explain and show examples. Examples are always good.
Re: What does it mean to value a function?
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Originally Posted by ThePeddler
It's never been out right explained...
It's a good question. Perhaps Socionists haven't thought about it clearly enough (?). Obviously, defining what it means to value a function would be among the first things that ought to be defined.
Nevertheless, I think what is meant by valuing a function is that either one likes to use the function (although "using" a function may also bear more rigorous defintion), or one views that function as relevant to one's goals (i.e., something that assists what one is setting out to do, even if it's not something one likes to do oneself).