Yes, there is something at least close to a philosophy of cats. Perhaps even a new Area of Competence. (Graduate students going on the market: such an AOC would make your cv stand out for sure. Maybe not in a good way, though.)
Here it is:
Here’s the link. Just in case clicking on the pic doesn’t work.
There’s also some suggestion that cats can make you a better philosopher.
Thanks to Calypso for the alert.
Ah yes, who could forget Tomcat Nagel’s famous paper, “What Is It Like to Be a Cat?” in which he argued that non-cats would never know how awesome being a cat really is…
Carl, there is in fact a great article in the book about almost exactly that. It’s by Josh Weisberg.