Whether identity is equivalence or difference?

Answer 1

Identity is sharply defined by difference from amongst things having a lot of equivalence.

Answer 2

Do you mean as one tries to identify with a group they seek equivalence - compared to when one tries to identify themselves as an unique individual, they seek difference?

- A Person usually sees themself as a member of several "groups" and that collage of labels and associations forms their identity.
groups like:
Female - Mom - Sister - Middle Child - Asian - College Drop out - Musician - Animal Lover - Gardener - Cook - Likes Rain - Doesn't like Camping - Counts with Fingers - Good memory for faces.

A person seeks equivalence in their identity, not just to fit into a club - but to justfy their personalty traits as rational product of cause and effect. The notion that "if there are others like me, then there's got to be a reason why we're like this" - gives the comfort of order and predictability in the universe.

Cool question - thanks for asking. I wish you could post and answer too.

Answer 3

i'd say difference, although there are some elements that are equivalent. it's difference in the sense that identity is the formation of one's self, and its difference in relation to things such as age, gender, nationality, sexuality, race- each of these are very different, they are never the same as one another. but identity is a good and positive difference because it emphasises how unique each and everyone of us are to everybody else. identity allows us to be able to do the things we want and say the things that are on our mind and even to relate it to the everyday situations we encounter throughout our lives as human beings. it says a lot about who we are as individuals and the types of individuals we are and intend to be and in terms of how we come across to others

Answer 4

Identity is equivalent to itself, and different from others. However, it is impacted by society and must maintain its equivalence and equilibrium with respect to social standards.

Answer 5

Someone said something once that I think answers this question:

"The world in which you were born
Is just one model of reality.
Other cultures are not failed attempts at being you,
They are unique manifestations of the human spirit."
~ Wade Davis.


I see your question, and your answer in that.

I believe that Difference can equalize, but Difference has seperated us as human beings.
Identity would have to be difference wouldn't it?
Unless one were disagreeing, that difference does not seperate us, and we were all one in the world and therefore equivelant.

Great question!

Answer 6

I suppose equivalence. Equivalent to experience, internalizing and perceiving.

Answer 7

Identity is difference. This is because it differentiates everything: between individuals, between cars, between animals, between jars of peanut butter. Everything and everyone has it's own identity, even among those that are alike.