In america it’s National Pet Day, an unofficial vacation created in 2006 to “have fun the enjoyment pets can deliver to us,” and an unofficial motive for us to speak about philosophers and their pets and philosophy relating to pets, and—why not?—to share images of our pets.
We ran an identical put up some time in the past, however it was nearly dogs. The dialogue unearthed some gems, like a translation of Leibniz’s satirical “Request of the Dogs” (from Justin E.H. Smith) and the next e book cowl (courtesy of Travis Timmerman):
However Nationwide Pet Day isn’t restricted to only canines. Cats could be pets, too, or so I’m instructed. And let’s not ignore the snakes, gerbils, ferrets, parrots, turtles, rabbits, iguanas, and even wolves (and many others.) that some folks have as pets.
So inform us about references to pets in philosophical works, to philosophical work about pets, examples and thought experiments that includes pets, and so forth. And positive, share a photograph of your pet (to take action, click on the picture icon within the backside proper nook of the remark field). Right here’s mine:
Cosmo
One side of Nationwide Pet Day is to encourage pet adoption. You will discover an area group from which to undertake a pet here.
Completely happy Nationwide Pet Day, philosofriends!
