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This research outlines philosophical perspectives on
the problems of personal identity with the relevance
to adult education. An argumentative discourse
revolving around the nature of self includes
scientific materialism, traditional metaphysics, and
esotericism. An emphasis of this discourse is on the
concept of self as subjectivity. A descriptive
analysis of the phenomenon of "I" is used to
corroborate the existing arguments on the nature of
self. These arguments are tested through personal
experiences of individual learners-students enrolled
in the College of Education at one of...

This research focuses on the concepts of female
freedom, independence, liberty, and a feminine ideal
within Western-European, American, and Ukrainian
traditions. The study explores the works of Friedan,
Elshtain, Steinem, de Beauvoir, Kobrynska,
Kobylianska, and Ukrainka. While Western
women-centered thinkers prioritized economic, social,
and political issues with regard to womans position
in the public and private realms, Ukrainian female
writers, in contrast, drew extensively from their
national stories, ancient and modern. Christianity
and spiritual ideals had a much stronger influence...

What is research and who is a researcher? Why engage in research and what is the value of research? Paradigms of Research for the 21st Century explores multiple questions relating to the nature and process of educational research. The book offers an insightful and detailed account of Western and non-Western philosophical traditions and perspectives on reality, knowledge, and values. These accounts form a paradigm…a system of inquiry, a model, a way of knowing. Empirical, analytic, pragmatic, interpretive, critical, poststructuralist, and transcendental paradigms are distinguished as...