Q What is the difference between a person's identity and a person's identification, as philosophers use these terms? Can the same person be identified differently? Can the same person have a different identity?
A person’s identity is distinguished from his identification by virtue of the fact that identity refers the fact of being who one is. By this respect it encompasses notions of personality and individuality. In contrast to this, identification refers to the process of identifying something or someone which involves notions of discernment and recognition. Thus, deriving a sense of one’s identity may not necessitate the presence of the ‘other’, however, the process of identification, necessarily involves another who accords identity to the person concerned.
