INTP
Abstract thinker type
INTP is one of sixteen personality types in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, characterized by introversion, intuition, thinking, and perceiving.
INTPs are stereotyped as analytical, abstract thinkers drawn to logic and systems—the absent-minded professor or obsessive theorist: Classic INTP—she'd rather debate philosophy than make small talk.
Examining parts methodically
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
- inductiveDeriving general from particular
systematic · methodical · abstract · conceptual · cerebral · problem-solving · frameworks · categorization
Student of fundamental questions
- thinkerOne who contemplates
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- academicRelating to education or theory
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
metaphysical · epistemology · ontology · paradigm · hypothesis · conjecture · postulate · axiomatic
Personality type indicator
- architectBuilding design professional
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- JungianOf analytical psychology
- typologyClassification by shared traits
ENTP · INFP · INTJ · preferences · perceiving · thinking
Examining one's own mind
- reservedRestrained in manner
- solitaryExisting alone, apart
- quietLacking in sound
- reflectiveCasting back light
contemplative · self-contained · private · independent · autonomous · self-directed · observer · detached
Showing original thought
- originalFirst or inventive
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
- creativeProducing original ideas
visionary · pioneering · breakthrough · resourceful · improviser · tinkerer · experimenter · prototyping
analytical
Examining parts methodically
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
inductive · systematic · methodical · abstract · conceptual · cerebral · problem-solving · frameworks · categorization · synthesis
philosopher
Student of fundamental questions
- thinkerOne who contemplates
- speculativeBased on conjecture
- academicRelating to education or theory
scholarly · metaphysical · epistemology · ontology · paradigm · hypothesis · conjecture · postulate · axiomatic · thought-leader
Myers-Briggs
Personality type indicator
- architectBuilding design professional
- logicianExpert in valid reasoning
- JungianOf analytical psychology
typology · ENTP · INFP · INTJ · preferences · perceiving · thinking
introspective
Examining one's own mind
reflective · contemplative · self-contained · private · independent · autonomous · self-directed · observer · detached · aloof
inventive
Showing original thought
- originalFirst or inventive
- unconventionalDeparting from standard practice
- ingeniousCleverly original in design
creative · visionary · pioneering · breakthrough · resourceful · improviser · tinkerer · experimenter · prototyping · iterating
INTPextrovert
One who seeks company
feeler · social butterfly · people person · empath · caregiver
- intuitive leapGrasping without reasoning through
- intuitive eatingDiet-free body-responsive eating
- intuitive designInterface requiring no instruction
- intuitive thinkingCognition through instinct
- moral intuitionImmediate ethical judgment
- intuitive understandingKnowledge felt, not learned