There is no such thing as “extraverted philosopher”. Philosophers are, by definition, introverts. And whoever is active on this board (either as a reader or a poster) is at the very least interested in philosophy to such an extent that they cannot be anything other than an introvert.
Both me and FC are rather interested in philosophy, so both of us have introverted personalities.
There is also no such thing as “choleric introvert”. Cholerics are by definition extraverts. The quoted definition from several pages ago states precisely that.
Introverts are either melancholics or phlegmatics (just as extraverts are either cholerics or sanguines.)
So FC is either a melancholic or a phlegmatic.
But it’s not just that philosophers are introverts, they are also predominantly phlegmatics, since phlegmatic temperament is conducive to philosophical thought.
To determine whether FC is a melancholic or a phlegmatic, one has to take into account the fact that phlegmatics are big picture (a.k.a. synthetic) thinkers and melancholics are detail-oriented (a.k.a. analytic) thinkers.
So what do you think, is FC more of a big picture thinker or is he more of an analytical thinker?
I think the answer is pretty straightforward, given FC’s attitude toward analysis.
He’s a phlegmatic, isn’t he?
Phlegmatic / choleric perhaps, which roughly translates to INTP in Myers-Briggs personality model.
As for me, I’ve done personality tests (a number of them, in fact) several times in a number of different ways and each time I got the same results. So I have no doubts about myself.
Big Five / OCEAN: O+, C+, E-, A+, N+
HEXACO: H+, E-, X-, A-, C+, O+
Holland: AISREC
Myers-Briggs: INFJ
Four temperaments: Melancholic / Phlegmatic
All of the results agree with each other (except for HEXACO result which suggests I’m an INTJ but this is because I’m T almost as much as I am F.)
(Know who else was an INFJ? Adolph Hitler.)