Linguistic Analysis declares that the ultimate reality is not even percepts,
but words, and that words have no specific referents, but mean whatever people
want them to mean. . . . Linguistic Analysis is vehemently opposed to . . . any
kinds of principles or broad generalizations—i.e., to consistency. It is
opposed to basic axioms (as “analytic” and “redundant”)—i.e., to the necessity
of any grounds for one’s assertions. It is opposed to the hierarchical
structure of concepts (i.e., to the process of abstraction) and regards any
word as an isolated primary (i.e., as a perceptually given concrete). It is
opposed to “system-building”—i.e., to the integration of knowledge.