Relating to Ken Kesey's Wise ManVarolAkmanauthorWe 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.Pragmatics2000ElsevierJournal (Paginated)