ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an introduction to an art, followed by a thought experiment. It is followed by a short discussion and then a series of questions. People have very entrenched views and so get very animated about the question 'what is art?' and even the media periodically question why large sums of money are exchanged and awards are given to what many would claim is not art. The answer is given with the thought experiment which presents a case where a cat tips a paint tin over the rug and rolls around on it, which becomes a art. The questions are intended to get the philosophy students thinking about the problems. They have used these kinds of questions in seminars as the questions set for seminars, to spark conversation and discussion. The chapter also gives a cursory sketch of some of the ways in which philosophers have responded to the thought experiment.
