Sensors and Intuitives

[Analyzer]

I was thinking about the differences between Sensors(S) and Intuitives(N).

If one were to understand and compare them, would you say that sensors like an ISTJ/ISTP are more of a "Human Tool" and say an INTJ/INTP are more of a "Human Designer?

Sensors as their name implies, seems like people who function primarily from their direct sensory input, which they receive through developed use of their senses in the world. On the other hand, Intuitives have more of an ability to create their own input from their senses or generating the input from the brain itself.

Also, your a lot more likely to see an ISTJ as a NAVY Seal for example, as they can focus completely on there direct environment while an INTJ would be more likely in a position where one implements the plan behind a special forces operation.

 

[intpz]

I see them as physical and thinking.

 

[Architect]

I've known many a ISXX who is an excellent thinker, including ISFX. Basically everybody I work with.

Don't know how else to comment, not sure what OP is trying to say.

 

[Auburn]

From my experience, the S/N dichotomy is one of the most misleading. Second only to I/E. Third is P/J. Fourth is T/F. >> They're all misleading.

When you use an intuitive process like Ne or Ni, you also use - to an extent - its inverse: Si or Se. They work in tandem. So it's not about N vs S, it's about Ne/Si vs Ni/Se.

Whether a person uses one process in the pair more than the other is, from my experience, an environmental and developmental thing. People who are not properly using the pairing and relying on one half of a pairing tend to not be operating at full potential and would be the ones prone to not advance in their jobs or stay on the lower end both intellectually and in the responsibility given to them.

Additionally, if the N/S functions are the middle two, there is even less of a difference. The second and third function are much more of a blurr than the first and fourth. This means for types like: ISTP, ESTJ, ISFP, ESFJ, the Judging-lead will be obvious but telling apart their N/S will be really hard and they'll seem adept at both.

Types like ISTJ, ISFJ, ESFP, ESTP will be more obviously sensationally-oriented, but it will be a challenge to tell apart what their judging functions are, since they're the ones that are 2nd and 3rd.

In short, a type like ESTJ and an INTP may use near-same levels of intuition and sensing use because of the placement of their abstract/concrete function pairing in their hierarchy.​

 

[Analyzer]

Don't know how else to comment, not sure what OP is trying to say.

Basically trying to understand the differences between Si,Ni,Se,Ne and how the personality types interact with the world differently.

 

[Analyzer]

In short, a type like ESTJ and an INTP may use near-same levels of intuition and sensing use because of the placement of their abstract/concrete function pairing in their hierarchy.​

But the order of those functions are different, meaning the differences in the personality are apparent.

 

[intpz]

@Architect what I meant was imagination vs experience.

 

[Analyzer]

@Architect what I meant was imagination vs experience.

yeah that's somewhat how I see the difference. If your more dominant function is Si or Se, it seems as if your sensory input is more gained through experience and direct interaction with the world. While having Ni or Ne as more dominant, you are more inclined to "create" your input.

Another comparision could be a priori and a posteriori, the two types of knowledge and justifications.

A priori justificaiton is independent of experience (for example "All bachelors are unmarried"), while a posterior justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence. (for example "Some bachelors are very happy")

 

[scorpiomover]

I was thinking about the differences between Sensors(S) and Intuitives(N).

Sensors as their name implies, seems like people who function primarily from their direct sensory input, which they receive through developed use of their senses in the world. On the other hand, Intuitives have more of an ability to create their own input from their senses or generating the input from the brain itself.

In my experience, Sensors tend to build their ideas from what we know, and reason from there to a conclusion, while Intuitives have a brainwave of a solution to a problem, and then try to come up with arguments to support and/or test their intuitive ideas.

Also, your a lot more likely to see an ISTJ as a NAVY Seal for example, as they can focus completely on there direct environment while an INTJ would be more likely in a position where one implements the plan behind a special forces operation.

The ISTJ would be a soldier who sticks to what he knows well, and works from there, say, a demolition expert. The INTJ would prefer to work with situations that are new and somewhat unknown to him, say, a NAVY Seal.

If one were to understand and compare them, would you say that sensors like an ISTJ/ISTP are more of a "Human Tool" and say an INTJ/INTP are more of a "Human Designer?

An ISTJ/ISTP is more of a "Human Designer". An INTJ/INTP is more of a "Human Improviser".