Intuition versus Sensing (N vs S)
I like this explanation I copied from the intpopen@yahoogroups.com mailing list I'm on.
> > I see Intuition is the ability to thinking about other positions
> and situation without actually having to experience them.
> >
> > Sort of like being able to place yourself in the shoes of another
> or in a location without actually know the other person or having
to
> go to the location. Another model I use for it is "reasoned
> imagination", it not simply imagining a different place its being
> able to imagine what it would be like to actually be there... and
be
> able to alter your thinking to fit in to the situation you would
find
> yourself if you were there.
> >
> > Whereas Sensing is the opposite in that it requires more direct
> experience... its as if the only way to imagine a place or person's
> perspective is to actually experience the circumstances.
> >
> > Or another way would be:
> >
> > Intuition - Being there without having to go there. (Indirect
> conceptualization)
> > Sensing - Being there by being there. (Direct Conceptualization)
> >
> > Bo...
>
> Although I like your concept, I have to disagree, not completely
> disagree, but just sort of. Anyone can imagine, and there are
plenty
> of good and great SJ and SP novelists to prove this, who can write
> about how one would react is a made up place as well as an N. I
> think it is more along the lines of possibilities verses reality.
> Concrete vs. abstract. I consider a future situation, and see too
> many possibilities, some likely, some very unlikely, and they
> snowball. An SJ doesnt see as many possibilities, and probably
more
> are along the lines of what will actually happen, because they
filter
> out the unreal possibilities. Something like that.
>
> Or better yet, I see a chair, and it reminds me of a wildlife show
on
> tigers I saw yesterday because there is a rip in the side that
looks
> like it could have been made by a tiger, but it is just one long
rip,
> not 4 like you would expect from a tiger claw, so maybe it was
> actually done by a knife, but then again it is a pretty ragged cut,
> so maybe it was done with a butter knife, imagine if someone went
on
> a butter knife rampage and started hacking people at random, how
long
> before someone disarmed them, and what would the jailtime be for
> someone who runs amok with a butterknife?
>
> Whereas an SJ would see a chair that needs to be patched up.
> > I see Intuition is the ability to thinking about other positions
> and situation without actually having to experience them.
> >
> > Sort of like being able to place yourself in the shoes of another
> or in a location without actually know the other person or having
to
> go to the location. Another model I use for it is "reasoned
> imagination", it not simply imagining a different place its being
> able to imagine what it would be like to actually be there... and
be
> able to alter your thinking to fit in to the situation you would
find
> yourself if you were there.
> >
> > Whereas Sensing is the opposite in that it requires more direct
> experience... its as if the only way to imagine a place or person's
> perspective is to actually experience the circumstances.
> >
> > Or another way would be:
> >
> > Intuition - Being there without having to go there. (Indirect
> conceptualization)
> > Sensing - Being there by being there. (Direct Conceptualization)
> >
> > Bo...
>
> Although I like your concept, I have to disagree, not completely
> disagree, but just sort of. Anyone can imagine, and there are
plenty
> of good and great SJ and SP novelists to prove this, who can write
> about how one would react is a made up place as well as an N. I
> think it is more along the lines of possibilities verses reality.
> Concrete vs. abstract. I consider a future situation, and see too
> many possibilities, some likely, some very unlikely, and they
> snowball. An SJ doesnt see as many possibilities, and probably
more
> are along the lines of what will actually happen, because they
filter
> out the unreal possibilities. Something like that.
>
> Or better yet, I see a chair, and it reminds me of a wildlife show
on
> tigers I saw yesterday because there is a rip in the side that
looks
> like it could have been made by a tiger, but it is just one long
rip,
> not 4 like you would expect from a tiger claw, so maybe it was
> actually done by a knife, but then again it is a pretty ragged cut,
> so maybe it was done with a butter knife, imagine if someone went
on
> a butter knife rampage and started hacking people at random, how
long
> before someone disarmed them, and what would the jailtime be for
> someone who runs amok with a butterknife?
>
> Whereas an SJ would see a chair that needs to be patched up.