A Little Bit of Alchemy Never Hurt Anyone
http://www.socionics.ibc.com.ua/et/buklet.html#top
I just now noticed that there is alot of disagreement and speculations about what the definitions of the functions mean. I'm not going to say that this is going to clear up any confusion but it might actually help a little bit in understanding what the functions are fundamentally. The above link is from the International Socionics Institute page and describles the "Qualia" of the symbols used for each of the 8 functions.
I don't think its as philosophical as it looks at first.
I shall summarize:
Perception= Time and Space
Judgement= Matter and Energy
Time+Matter= NT
Time+Energy= NF
Space+Matter=ST
Space+Energy=SF
Time, space, matter and energy. These are the four elements which describe the 8 functions. When a function is introverted it appears to form correlations and associations with past experiences and memories, when a function is extraverted it correlates with actual experience, what is going on in the here and now.
So one can deduce that introversion corresponds with associations, extraversion corresponds with practicality, what is real and tangible.
The Physics of Socionics :P
The only problem I have is this:
Force has no definition that is not in terms of time, length, and mass. Force is measured in Newtons (N) which is the equivalent of a kg*m*(S^-2).
I think what you are encapsulating in the world force would be better captured by temperature or some such.
Now as for the rest of the definitions they are based on arbitrary circular standards.
Example: Time
What is a second?
So time is defined in terms of temperature and radiation emitted (energy) both of which are defined in terms of the other base units. Energy in terms of kg*(m^2)*(s^-2) and temperature in terms of Kelvin which is in terms of Pressure which is in terms of kg*(m^-1)*(s^-2). So time is in terms of time as are all the other unit standards of weights and measures.
This means that the definitions for those substances are circular and unusable as would be the definitions of the functions based on them.
On the plus side you could come up with some interesting theories like:
:Fi: = (:Ti:*:Si:)/(:Ni:^2) or something. At least I imagine that's how it would work.... If :Ti: and :Te: are both kg then how do you distinguish them?