{"id":2367,"date":"2017-11-28T03:48:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T11:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2017-11-28T03:48:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T11:48:41","slug":"newsday-tuesday-are-you-more-philosophical-because-of-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2367","title":{"rendered":"Newsday Tuesday \u2013 Are You More Philosophical Because of Your Cat?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/lilyeyes1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I found this article quite interesting and thought you might, too. It deals with the concept that anyone who spends much time around a cat, typically will attempt to understand her. <a href=\"http:\/\/ethicistforhire.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/the-philosophy-of-cats-and-cats-of.html\">http:\/\/ethicistforhire.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/the-philosophy-of-cats-and-cats-of.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think you\u2019ll agree that cats are beyond understanding on a simple level. How can you say, \u201cMy cat is bold.\u201d Or \u201cThat cat is clever or stupid or clumsy or comical.\u201d In fact, haven\u2019t you discovered that as soon as you\u2019ve pegged your cat\u2014\u201cThis cat takes his afternoon nap on the bed every day at one thirty sharp\u2026\u201d he changes. He begins playing with his toys at that time of day or bird-watching, or meowing for a treat.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, understanding a cat is a full-time job that never seems to lead to solid conclusions, except maybe that cats are complex. That, I think all philosophers and cat owners will agree on. Complexity, in fact, may be a cat\u2019s super power.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another interesting piece where an ethicist attempts to respond about a bully cat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/11\/magazine\/can-my-cat-go-out-if-he-bullies-other-cats.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FCats&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=science&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=6&amp;pgtype=collection\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/11\/magazine\/can-my-cat-go-out-if-he-bullies-other-cats.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FCats&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=science&amp;region=stream&amp;module=stream_unit&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=6&amp;pgtype=collection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this article quite interesting and thought you might, too. It deals with the concept that anyone who spends much time around a cat, typically will attempt to understand her. http:\/\/ethicistforhire.blogspot.com\/2013\/07\/the-philosophy-of-cats-and-cats-of.html I think you\u2019ll agree that cats are beyond &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2367\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions\/2368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}