Mark Fortney
Assistant Professor
Email: mark.fortney@dal.ca
Research Topics:
- Technology Ethics (especially AI Ethics)
- Buddhist Philosophy
- Philosophy of Mind
Education:
PhD in Philosophy (2017) University of Toronto
BA in Cognitive Science (2010) Carleton University听
Recent Presentations:
鈥淕enerative AI, De-skilling, and Our Right to Mental Integrity鈥�.
Canadian Philosophical Association 鈥� 2026 鈥� 黄色直播
Atlantic Region Philosophers鈥� Association 鈥� 2026 鈥� Acadia University
鈥淲hat Makes Mental Integrity Possible? A Buddhist Perspective鈥�.
Conference on Attention and the Virtues of Mind and Heart 鈥� 2026 鈥� Princeton University
Journal Articles:
2025.听"The Attention Economy and the Right to Attention: Some Lessons from Therav膩da and Mah膩y膩na Thought".听Journal of Buddhist Ethics听32: 74-96.
2025. 鈥淏eyond the attention economy, towards an ecology of attending. A manifesto鈥�. AI & Society. (With lead authors Tom Hannes and Gunther Bombaerts, as well as many other co-authors).
2024. 鈥淟oving attention: Buddhaghosa, Katsuki Sekida, and Iris Murdoch on meditation and moral development鈥�.听Philosophy East and West听74(2): 212-232.
2022. 鈥淓vans on intellectual attention and memory demonstratives鈥�.听听Analytic Philosophy, 63: 118-130.
2021. 鈥淏uddhaghosa, James, and Thompson on conscious flow鈥�.听听Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 7(4), 569-581.
2020. 鈥淒irecting internal attention towards ongoing thought鈥�.听Consciousness and Cognition, 85.
2020. 鈥淯nity in the scientific study of intellectual attention鈥�.听Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 50(4): 444-459.
2020. 鈥淯niversal hinges and the bounds of sense鈥�.听Philosophia, 48: 967-979.
2019. 鈥淐onceptualizing intellectual attention鈥�.听Theory & Psychology, 29(6): 775-788.
2018. 鈥淭he centre and periphery of conscious thought鈥�.听听Journal of Consciousness Studies, 25(3-4):112-136.
2022.听鈥�Simone Weil and Iris Murdoch on Insight and Attention鈥�.听Blog of the American Philosophical Association.