UB Symposium To Discuss Literary Philosophers

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- UB will host a symposium Oct. 1-2 on "Literary Philosophers? Borges, Calvino, Eco," three distinguished writers known for their metaphysical fiction and intriguing explorations of logic and paradox.

The symposium, sponsored by the Samuel P. Capen Chair in Philosophy, will be held from 3-6:30 p.m. Oct. 1 and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Center for Inquiry, 1310 Sweet Home Road, Amherst. Co-sponsors are the departments of Philosophy, Comparative Literature and Modern Languages and Literatures, all in the UB College of Arts and Sciences.

The program will feature U. S. and Canadian scholars from the fields of philosophy, comparative literature and modern languages who will discuss their recent work on these authors and methods of exploring philosophy in a literary form.

Novelist and scholar Umberto Eco is a medievalist and author of the widely read novel "The Name of the Rose," which was made into a popular movie.

Jorge Luis Borges was a essayist and short-story writer from Argentina, and Italo Calvino, an Italian novelist and short-story writer.

For more information, contact the UB Department of Philosophy at 716-645-2444, ext. 135, or at http://wings.buffalo.edu/philosophy/colloquia_and_symposia.