TY - GEN ID - cogprints959 UR - http://cogprints.org/959/ A1 - Akman, Varol Y1 - 2000/// N2 - We 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. PB - Elsevier KW - Irony KW - Metaphysics KW - Stories KW - `What is said' TI - Relating to Ken Kesey's Wise Man SP - 485 AV - public EP - 489 ER -