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Today our program starts with Jung’s eight-dimensional discussion
First, let’s talk about how the eight dimensions are produced
Jung distinguishes people’s cognitive functions according to three dimensions
Dimension 1, how to get energy
Dimension 2, how to obtain information
Dimension 3, how to make a decision
Dimension 2 has two distinctions, feeling and intuition
Dimension 3 also has two distinctions, thinking and emotion
The combination of these four distinctions and the first dimension is the eight cognitive functions
From here, we can see a difference between Jung’s psychological type and MBTI.
The eight cognitive functions here are to describe human functions, not a personality
Each personality may have these eight functions at the same time, but the strength is different
And Jung didn’t make the second dimension and the third dimension as letter combinations like MBTI. Please pay attention to the distinction.
Usually, we are used to write dimension 1 as a small letter after dimension 2 or dimension 3.
It forms the eight-dimensional letter code "Se Si Ne Ni Te Ti Fe Fi" we often see
Jung puts the four functions related to Dimension 2 to the four functions of how to obtain information
Se Si Ne Ni masterpiece irrational functions
The four functions related to dimension 3 are the four functions of how to make decisions
Te Ti Fe Fi nominal rational functions
If this concept is translated literally, it is easier to cause ambiguity
Jung’s original intention is that these functions of the second dimension are merely observing things.
Jung called it "fulx of events"
Jung's original text is like this, you can refer to it simultaneously
My understanding is that the Irrational function is not for judgment
And rational work has a clear direction
Only under certain conditions can this function be harmonious and satisfied
Irrational functions don’t have to be like this. Observation itself is how they work.
Jung himself said that irrational function cannot be regarded as irrational
But these irrational functions cannot be explained by logic
Therefore, we translate these two types into judging and perceptual functions instead of rational and irrational functions.
Here, the translation of judgment and perception must be distinguished from the fourth dimension of MBTI
The two are completely different concepts
Let’s introduce these eight functions one by one
The extraverted sensory function introduced first, referred to as Se
Se is a perception function, which is like a sensor that accurately conveys information in the environment
Se is a scene-based function that allows the subject to unconsciously maintain harmony with the environment
Help the subject to make subtle adjustments to the specific situation
Se can provide perspective memory, better than restoring concrete and vivid situations
Very sensitive to color, shape, appearance characteristics, etc.
Next, we will introduce the introverted sensory function, referred to as Si. Si is a sensory function
Unlike Se objectively restore the scene, Si will index and classify the things it perceives
Si is like an impressionist brush, abstracting the characteristics of light and shadow
Record what you feel in the form of features in your mind
Si can help the subject fully understand the rules of the world
These rules are messy facts before Si processing
Like the precedents in the common law system, very trivial
And Si classifies these new cases like an archivist
Continue to join this mountain of rules system
As a basis for your later judgment
From this perspective, Si is like a library with indexing function
The content sources of this system only include the perceived content of personal experience
Such as recognized social rules, laws, ethics, expert opinions, memories, etc.
Does not include abstract intuitions and concepts that are not perceived
The main thinking process of Si is practice -> confirmation
The following is the extraverted intuition function, referred to as Ne
Ne is a perception function, a very divergent function
Ne’s subject is not satisfied with perceiving things, but eager to understand every angle and aspect of things
Ne often draws out many possibilities based on what he feels and draws a circle
Ne function has the desire to get rid of stability and restrictions
A keen sense of smell for big and budding things, an adventurous pursuit of new things
Ne is associative, drawing a circle with dots . Any point on the circle may become a new center and draw a new circle.
So Ne is jumping and unknowable
Believe that "seeing is not necessarily true", "truth is often hidden under the surface"
Tendency that the development of things is random and irregular
The following introduces the last perception function, introverted intuition, Ni
The Ni function has a clear future orientation, which is a kind of prediction of the trend on the timeline
This is not a judgment function, but an unconscious perception of things before judgment
The same is the possibility of perception. Unlike Ne, Ni has obvious directionality.
Good at organizing the different possibilities of the same thing in the development process
Deduction of different possibilities in parallel
Refine the possible situations, remove the secondary information, and get the main trend
Ni tends to have a relatively definite end to the development of things
Acts between intuition and reality interaction, with a certain predictability
We put these four functions in a time axis coordinate to summarize (picture from Zhihu)
The horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis is the current anatomy
Ne focuses on the possibility of the present, Se focuses on the current situation, Ni focuses on the future trend, and Si focuses on the summary of history
These four functions were named irrational function by Jung and translated as perceptual function
I found an interview with Jung himself
It mentioned his understanding of the two perception functions of intuition and feeling
Very interesting, share with you
Intuition, it's a bit complicated to say
You have a hard time figuring out how intuition works
It’s hard for you to tell how and where one’s intuition comes from
This is where intuition is very interesting
I tell you a little story
I have two consultants
Men are the feeling type, women are the intuitive type, they are in love
They took a boat to a lake in Zurich
There are water birds there, they are good at diving and catching fish
These waterbirds will rush out of the water after diving
But I don’t know when and where they will come out
They started betting
Who saw the waterfowl rush out of the water first
You might think that the person with the sensation type can use his observation ability
Will win the bet
totally not
Woman abuses man
Why? Because she knew it before the fish came out
How is this possible?
You know, sometimes, you can find a direct connection
This direct contact from observation helps you get a complete logical chain
However, only sometimes you can do it, most of the time you can’t find this simple logic
My definition of intuition is an unconscious observation and perception
This is the clearest statement I can think of
This is a very important cognitive function because when you are in a primitive state
Many unpredictable things will happen
You need to learn to use your intuition because you cannot predict the future with your feelings
Let’s stop here today. In the next issue, we will enter the four judgment functions Te Ti Fe Fi