2000-09-08Z2011-03-11T08:54:23Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/959This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/9592000-09-08ZRelating to Ken Kesey's Wise ManWe take a parable (told by Ken Kesey) and exhibit how it
achieves its sublime effect through a sequence of weak implicatures. Interestingly, the implicatures turn out to allude to Richard Rorty's renowned distinction between metaphysicians and ironists.Varol Akman