What is the difference between OSDE and Philosophy for Children (P4C) or Philosophy for Global Citizenship (P4GC)?
Philosophy for Children (P4C) is an enquiry approach that has very similar procedures to OSDE (especially the procedures for young people). However, OSDE and P4C/P4GC come from different philosophical traditions . P4C is based on a tradition that emphasises morality and rationality (i.e. analytic philosophy), the basic principle is that if people reason better, they will see the same thing (a universal morality/truth/way of being/etc.). The philosophical tradition that is the basis of OSDE (i.e.continental philosophy) emphasises ethics and difference, the basic principle is that there will always be difference, that difference and conflict are extremely important for change/learning and that the better we reason, the more we understand that there are no universal parameters as at different periods of time, different cultures/peoples/individuals will invariably see things in ways that are based on different assumptions about reality and being. In practical terms, OSDE facilitation has t
