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DahKrow

Personality types semantics

Personality Theory

I think it's wrong and unfair (also misleading) to call the sum of our cognitive functions as "personalities" because it creates this atmosphere of pseudo-science which diverts the attention to subjectivity when in reality cognitive abilities and functions are something tangible and proven to exist decades ago.

I believe a personality is so much more than just our cognitive functions: it is our lived experience, our interpersonal relationships and other things such as culture, gender, nationality, traditions, habits, and various other factors that influence us.

Enough with my rant though, you can either agree or disagree with my point of view and that's totally fine, but I have a question for y'all: which word would you think it would best describe our sum of cognitive functions?? (Besides the word personality)

Posted Sep 28, 2025, 1:38 PM UTC

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