The Cunning of Geist
Gregory Novak explores philosophy, psychology, and science with an emphasis on Hegel. For seekers and scholars alike.
The Cunning of Geist
068 - Jung's Personality Types & Hegel: Operating Manual for the Mind
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Gregory Novak
The great psychologist Carl Jung was a leading pioneer in psychological type analysis. In fact, he coined the terms "extrovert" and "introvert." His work spawned a whole industry of personality analysis which is as strong today as ever.
And key to his psychological type system was his recognition of Intuition, or the "small still voice within." This function has direct correspondence to Hegel's notion of Spirit. In a 1933 lecture on proto-psychologists in philosophy, Jung thought that had a scientific study of psychology existed back in Hegel’s time, Hegel would probably have been a psychologist.
This episode reviews Jung's work, relates it to Hegel, and offer a new dimension based on Jung's work - the Creative/Receptive.