Psychological Types: Foundational Structures and Categorical Distinctions
Psychological Types: Foundational Structures and Categorical Distinctions (In progress) Overview This document presents a structured and phenomenological articulation of psychological types, grounded in the original work of Carl Gustav Jung and the interpretive clarifications of Marie-Louise von Franz. It aims to describe how fundamental modes of judgment and perception operate, both in their individual expressions and in the shared patterns that emerge between opposing functions. The first section outlines the eight primary psychological functions, each presented with a concise description and supported by primary-source quotations. These descriptions focus on how each function evaluates or apprehends reality, rather than on behavior, temperament, or personality traits. The second section introduces a set of additional categories that identify recurring structural commonalities across function pairs. These categories are not proposed as Jung’s own terminology, but as phen...