Abstract
It is self-evident that whether or not a particular intellectual endeavor is labeled science depends upon how one defines science. The term has both a general and a restricted use. In the restricted usage, science means the natural sciences, such as astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology, geology, and parts of psychology. The general use finds the natural sciences lumped together with domestic science, Christian Science, political science, social science, cosmetological science, and military science. Science in the general sense is used legitimately to denote a systematized body of knowledge or illegitimately in an attempt to increase the respectability or acceptability of a field of endeavor.