ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.2005.00668.x SCIENCE AND SCIENTISM: THE IMPORTANCE OF A DISTINCTION Haught John F. 02 06 2005 40 2 10.1111/zygo.2005.40.issue-2 363 368

Abstract. John Caiazza's interesting argument is an important one and deserves a close hearing. However, his article could be more forceful if he would distinguish more carefully between science on the one hand and “scientific secularism” and “materialism” on the other.

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