Adam Bjorndahl

Adam Bjorndahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, with a focus on epistemic modal logics, topology, and their applications in game theory and decision theory. He serves as Director of Graduate Studies and explores how linguistic frameworks model human cognition and bounded rationality.

• University: Carnegie Mellon University
• School: Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Department: Department of Philosophy
• Academic Rank: Associate Professor

His research centers on language-based games, formalizing mental models as linguistic structures to analyze preference formation and decision-making under uncertainty. Recent work with Alex John London and Kevin Zollman investigates Kantian decision-making through coarse languages, bridging the gap between human and idealized rationality.

Key trends in his publications include integrating topology into epistemic logic, modeling uncertain evidence, and applying modal frameworks to game theory. His work spans foundational topics like relational structures, public announcement dynamics, and computational epistemology.

He is affiliated with research centers such as the Center for Ethics and Policy, Center for Formal Epistemology, and Laboratory for Symbolic and Educational Computing. His contact details include Baker Hall 145K, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.