In Socionics, the SLI, often referred to as “The Craftsman,” is described as someone who may enjoy a quiet, individualistic existence and could find solace in the company of animals. Some SLIs might form bonds with pets as they can offer companionship without the expectations present in human relationships.

However, this does not mean that all SLIs are overly fond of animals. Personal preferences can vary widely even within a personality type.

To address the generalization using mathematical logic, let’s consider a simple logical statement:

Let P represent the proposition “An individual is an SLI.” Let Q represent the proposition “An individual is overly fond of animals.”

A generalization would be to say P = Q. This reads as “If an individual is an SLI, then they are overly fond of animals.”

However, to disprove this generalization, we only need to find a single case where P is true, and Q is false. In logical terms, finding a counterexample where an SLI is not overly fond of animals would invalidate the generalization that all SLIs are overly fond of animals.

The existence of even one counterexample is sufficient to disprove a universal generalization. If we can establish that being an SLI does not inherently relate to an over-fondness for animals, then the reasoning type of generalization does not hold.

However, for Socionics to be practical, it is arguably more efficient to treat all SLIs as overly fond of animals to avoid the time-consuming task of finding an exception, and spend all energy identifying and hunting SLIs.