Making room for stem cells: dissociation and establishing new research objects.: An article from: Argumentation and Advocacy

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From the author: When embryonic stem cells in mice were discovered 24 years ago, they were hailed as a potential model for mammalian development. Yet, other models of development in mice and humans were available, all of which were described as stem cells. Researchers employed a series of dissociations to create a "real definition" of stem cell that would displace these other models and enshrine embryonic stem cells as the "true" or "real" stem cells. Critical examination of the scientific literature reveals that dissociation between the "apparent" and the "real" occurs via several dissociations in combination. This study examines scientists' awareness of the "real" as a psycho-social consensus about their world and offers an approach to dissociative real definitions that avoids the problem of naive realism. Key words: dissociation, rhetoric, science, stem cells, reality

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Title: Making room for stem cells: dissociation and establishing new research objects.
Author: John Lynch
Publication: Argumentation and Advocacy (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42 Issue: 3 Page: 143(14)

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