According to Locke, the Mind Learns by Degrees and Grows

question 145

True/False

According to Locke, the mind learns by degrees and grows familiar with some ideas lodged in the memory, and the names attached to them. Afterwards, the mind abstracts them, and learns the use of general names. This process starts because our innate ideas act as building blocks for all subsequent knowledge.

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Definitions:

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False Positive

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False Negative

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