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.

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instanceOf short story
author Isaac Asimov
centralRobot QT-1 NERFINISHED
chronologicalPositionInSeries early Robot series story
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
exploresConcept conflict between empirical evidence and belief
epistemology
robot reasoning
featuresCharacter Donovan NERFINISHED
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
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
space station
universe Asimov’s Robot universe NERFINISHED

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Dr. Susan Calvin appearsIn short story "Reason"