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Darcy Otto earned his B.A. in Philosophy, Greek and Latin at University College at the University of Toronto, and completed his M.A. and Ph.D. at McMaster University in Ancient Philosophy. Darcy's primary research interests are in Ancient Greek Philosophy (particularly Platonic metaphysics), Formal Logic, and the unlikely intersection of these two disciplines. The main thrust of his research involves using the tools of logic to uncover new interpretations of ancient texts. He also does work in Computational Logic. He has edited and contributed to An Annotated Plato Reader, which offers essays about and translations of six Platonic dialogues, annotated with details about the people, places, and cultural landscape of the dialogues. His other publications include articles on topics in ancient philosophy. He has also written two popular computer programs intended to help both researchers and student with proofs in formal logic. Darcy is the recipient of several teaching awards, and was recognised as one of the top two instructors in McMaster University's prestigious Arts and Science Programme. He has taught a wide variety of courses in philosophy; interdisciplinary courses in epistemology, media, and politics; and language courses in Ancient Greek. He has also participated several times in the Aegean Field School (Thompson Rivers University) and presented seminars on the philosophical dimensions of Homer and Herodotus. He is also pursuing his A.R.C.T. in Piano Performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music. In his spare time, Darcy can be found playing the piano, writing computer programs, and watching largely mediocre (according to his wife) science fiction programmes. |
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