This text is a review of a collective monograph published in 2023 [Altshuler, 2023], dedicated to the areas of contact between philosophy and linguistics. By offering an overview of a number of representative works in the collection, the authors strive not only to attract the reader to the problems of the philosophy of language, but also to arouse interest in the methods of interdisciplinary analysis.

The paper criticizes the semantic component in the conception of A.V. Smirnov presented in the monograph “The Logic of Sense as a Philosophy of Mind: An Invitation to Reflection” (Moscow, 2021) as a recent variant of an argument for linguistic relativity. The author presents arguments showing that the proposed conception is based on a false thesis about the absence of the copula in Arabic. Further conclusions made by A.V. Smirnov as well as the structure of his arguments are also critically (...) assessed. (shrink)