Re: [projectvrm] Principles, personalities, anonymity and identity

[Johannes Ernst < >]

On Sep 26, 2011, at 19:08, Joe Andrieu wrote:

> On Monday, September 26, 2011 6:55 PM, "Johannes Ernst"
> <
 >
>  wrote:
>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 18:34, Joe Andrieu wrote:
>>> I think there's a core misconception here about identity.  This may or 
>>> may not be semantics, but it's worth pointing out.
>>> 
>>> Identity is the correlation of an entity across different contexts.
>> 
>> I wouldn't necessarily agree with that. Below you say that identity is
>> about recognition. That I can agree with.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure I follow the distinction. Isn't recognizing someone the
> same thing as correlating the person you perceive now as the person you
> saw before?

Yes it is. But I'm reading more into "across different contexts" than you 
seem to … (e.g. Facebook recognizing me at some random third-party website) 
you apparently just meant that you will recognize me if we meet at the mall.

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