Dr. Aaron Finbloom is an interdisciplinary philosopher whose work weaves together experimental pedagogy, philosophical therapeutics, and performative philosophy. He holds a B.A. in Analytic Philosophy from Washington University, a M.A. in Continental Philosophy and Aesthetics from SUNY Stony Brook and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities from Concordia University.

At City College, Dr. Finbloom primarily teaches courses in ethics, introductory philosophy, and Nietzsche. His teaching approach emphasizes critical engagement using traditional academic pedagogy (lecture, dialogue, and rational argument) as well as alternative pedagogies inclusive of: meditation, language games, phenomenological investigations, structured debate and relational practices.

Dr. Finbloom's research explores the intersections of philosophy, performance, and therapeutic arts. His work interrogates how philosophical dialogue can be transformed into embodied practices, creating “thinking games” and embodied conversational frameworks that encourage reflection and transformation. These explorations often challenge traditional academic boundaries, re-imagining philosophical inquiry as a space for performative and relational engagement. Through these presentations and related publications Dr. Finbloom investigates how philosophy can serve as a transformative and aesthetic medium for personal and collective inquiry.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

“Talking to Transform: Aesthetic Experiments in Conversational Inquiry.”  Dissertation, PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities, Concordia University, Montreal.

“Performative Conversational Notations: Critical Choreographies & Dialogical Games” The Art of Notation. Editors: Cinthya García Leyva, Susana González Aktories, Barbara Ventarola, Georg Witte

“Linguistic Contextuality: Deixis, Performance, Materiality.”  Language, Literature, and Interdisciplinary Studies (LLIDS) 

“Play, Process, and the Unknown: Towards an Embodiment of Thought at The School of Making Thinking.” Performance Research, Volume 21, Issue 6

“Philosophy Becoming Para-Textual: Plato’s Phaedrus, A Memory Pharmacy,” Performance Research, Volume 21, Issue 4 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Dialogical Experiments.”  Full Stop Quarterly

“Guidelines for Reflective Intonations.”  Propositional Attitudes: What do we do now?  Ed. John Burtle and Elana Mann. Golden Spike Press

“Deictic Dialectics.” Infinity’s Kitchen No. 9

“Sensing Repetition- an Interactive Laboratory.” Emergency Index: an Annual Document of Performance Practice. Ed. Yelena Gluzman, Sophia Cleary, Katie Gaydos. Vol. 5

“A Few Silences, Question Animals, Exegetical Reading Machine.”  Present Tense Pamphlets,  Northwestern University Department of Art History

“[CUE]APORIA: a Philosophy Game.”  Proceedings of the International Conference on Live Interfaces.  Ed. Thor Magnusson.  University of Sussex, Brighton.  pp 261-265