In this article I attempt to highlight and briefly analyze some problematic aspects of the theory of prototypes and its implications in moral thought. I focus on the issue of moral judgement and the impact of prototypicality on our understanding of moral concepts. The objective of the article is to indicate the significance of the new perspectives opened by the notion of prototype, but also to point out certain difficulties. Some of the problematic questions emerge from the very existence of the prototype structure of categories and concepts; other problems arise with reference to the proposed implications or postulates which are connected with the acknowledgement of the significance of prototypicality. Due to the recognition of the practical dimension of ethics, the main issues are presented through examples of concepts which are commonly used in everyday life, referring to political and social values, traits of character and emotions.
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Dictionary definitions reflect products of word meaning scientific analyses based on texts. Application of different experimental procedures reveals some specific features of word meaning in internal lexicon and helps to explain peculiarities of word meaning as common knowledge and its ability to ensure sufficient semiosis through mediating assess to personal world image as complex integration of perceptual, cognitive and emotional information processing in various situations.
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