Introduction to Thinking At the Edge by Eugene Gendlin

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Thinking At the Edge (TAE)

Thinking At the Edge (TAE), like Focusing, is a practice developed from the Philosophy of the Implicit. 

It is a set of exact steps to develop a fresh use of language and a new kind of theory to speak from something in one's field which one knows but has not been able to say or write.  This is a way to say something that can restructure the basic terms and practices in a field, rather than being able to say what fits the current viewpoint.

Current science, social policy and human relations tend to exclude the intricacy of the individual's experience. TAE is a way to think and speak about our world and ourselves by generating terms from a "felt sense".  Such terms formulate experiential intricacy, rather than turning everything we think about into externally viewed objects.  Language and concepts that emerge directly from experience can point to aspects of experience that cannot otherwise be formulated.

Additional TAE resources

Grassroots Introduction to Thinking at the Edge Manual
This Manual is designed to provide guidance for working on your own TAE projects. It follows closely material presented on the "TAE in 14 Steps" video tapes.

TAE in 14 Steps DVDs
Thinking At The Edge in 14 Steps (2002) Video #1 (121 minutes) and Video #2 (114 minutes)  with Eugene T. Gendlin Ph.D.  "You need to stand again in your own experiencing … in your own felt ongoingness, which is that intricate complexity inside of life … to put into the world what hasn't been said yet that you are carrying from your particular experience."

Thinking Freshly from Experiencing DVDs
How Gendlin's Philosophy of the Implicit helps you Think at the Edge with Eugene T.Gendlin Ph.D. and Nada Lou. In this two-part DVD, you will have the opportunity not only to follow the Thinking at the Edge practice step by step, but to hear many of The Philosophy of the Implicit (POI) concepts explained by its creator and originator Dr. Gene Gendlin in refined and accessible ways. Set includes 2 DVD's. 

Thinking Freshly from Experiencing Transcript

German TAE DVD Video: Denken wo worte noch fehlen – TAE German

Last Modified: 21 October 2007