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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According to Locke, there are no innate ideas and the mind does not possess any innate knowledge. Rather, all knowledge is acquired through experience and observation. The mind starts with simple ideas and gradually builds more complex ones.

According to Locke, the Mind Learns by Degrees and Grows