Yes, exactly this. It does feel like something of a straw man argument that the author is disproving (though perhaps it's one that he encounters often). I thin

Yes, exactly this. It does feel like something of a straw man argument that the author is disproving (though perhaps it's one that he encounters often). I think the obvious and un-controversial position is slightly more complicated; language is not required for thought, but like most (every?) other activity in the brain, it affects thought.