Thierry Martin is a professor of the philosophy of science at the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon, France. He is the director of the Centre for Philosophical Research on the Logic of Action and a researcher at the Institute for History, Philosophy of Science and Technology in France. Professor Martin is president of the Société de Philosophie des Sciences (S.P.S.) and a co-editor of the complete works of Augustin Cournot.