Here's something that's been on my mind that could use a little discourse. Recently, with some discussions here and there, I find that I could view Socionics-related issues in different lights between two distinctions: The IEs can be observed separately within a type from one another in their functions (i.e.
leading +
creative +
role, etc. = NeFi) or are viewed in blocks, which the IEs in each block are integrated and don't have a distinguishable separation (i.e.
-ego +
-superego, etc = NeFi). One could also make the argument of all the blocks being indistinguishable from one another as well, meaning you can't necessarily pinpoint one IE within the mix without making note of the influence and context of all the other IEs in their positions. So far, I think of all of these and wonder if these are steps to be observed, or if there is only one of these ways that is the most affective.
I think observing the difference of these perspectives makes a difference because of how some typing goes on here, for example, I think some people type just looking for IEs and then place each in functions after they have identified them in a person. Like how someone can say they think someone is a "Detla NF," the only way you can say this is if you only observed the IEs separate from functions, or else the same person would have said "
-creative," which would be NeFi vs FiNe against NeFi vs SeFi, and depending on which above perspective you prescribe to, FiNe or SeFi would be a closer typing to NeFi.
This would also decide if you can really talk about the IEs and how they relate to others separate from the type and still actually be relatable. So when we talk about
, are we talking about the
that is removed from types and therefore exists the same way in all types, or, are we talking about
that is specific to each type. And when that's not made clear, is that when confusion/disagreement occurs?
I'll stop there to see if this catches your interest, it was something that popped into my head, and since you're asking for discourse, well, here you go