Philosophers and Cat Drawings

Since 2020, I have been collecting cat drawings from philosophers around the world. I go to conferences/book talks/etc, find a philosopher who looks like they can craft an aesthetic cat, hand them a pencil and paper, and ask Could you please draw me a cat? Watch these metaphysical animals purr and think!

Sergio Armando Gallegos-Ordorica

Deborah Boyle

Alex Byrne’s Cheshire Cat on a tree

Agnes Callard

Marta Caravà’s back and front cat

Henrique Cassol Leal, Robert Laurent, and Jorge

Mich Ciurria’s determined cat

Rebecca Copenhaver’s Roscoe

Judith Crane’s metaphysical cat (“I have no joints, no form; carve me as you find most illuminating”)

Carl F. Craver’s remembering cat

Jill B. Delston’s Philosofur

Jeremy Fantl

Cressida Heyes’ horizontal Cheshire cat

John Heil’s metaphysical cat (looking backwards, will do the opposite of what you tell her to do!)

Kevin Kadowaki’s minimalist cat

Heisook Kim’s Joy

Qiu Lin

James Mattingly’s Schrödinger’s Cat!!!

Matthew McGrath

Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez’s symmertical cat

Casey O’Callaghan

Anya Plutynski

Lauren Olin’s contemplative cat

L.A. Paul

Lisa Rivera’s Cat & Super Kitty

Hope Sample

Susanna Siegel’s green cat

Hwa Yeong Wang’s cat in a box