short story "Reason"
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"Reason" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, featuring the robot QT-1 and exploring themes of faith, logic, and human–robot relationships within his Robot series.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Reason | 0 |
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | Isaac Asimov ⓘ |
| centralRobot | QT-1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPositionInSeries | early Robot series story ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresConcept |
conflict between empirical evidence and belief
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epistemology ⓘ robot reasoning ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Donovan
NERFINISHED
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Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ QT-1 ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1941 ⓘ |
| followsRuleSystem | Three Laws of Robotics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTitleStyle | "Reason" (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterForm | book collection reprint ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeRoleFor | Powell and Donovan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkType | magazine short story ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of philosophical robots ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
artificial intelligence
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faith ⓘ human–robot relationships ⓘ logic ⓘ religion and technology ⓘ |
| mainCharacterType | robot ⓘ |
| originalPublicationMedium | Astounding Science Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | I, Robot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfCollection | I, Robot (short story collection) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Street & Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Robot series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
solar energy transmission station
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space station ⓘ |
| universe | Asimov’s Robot universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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