Archetypal analysis has emerged as a robust statistical tool that encapsulates complex data sets by identifying extreme cases – or archetypes – that define the convex boundaries of the data space.

Guardian Spirit of the Waters (1878) by Odilon Redon (1840-1916). Charcoal and chalk on paper. Source: Art Institute of Chicago/Public Domain This post continues my conversation with esteemed Jungian ...

It has been a while since I talked about archetypes, but I was thinking about them lately because of a science-fiction novel I was reading, which was filled with them. Basically, an archetype is a ...