It is easy to see that after each of the senses has sent in its report something more is necessary: the combining of them all together in the same place and at the same time, the bringing up of an appropriate name, and with that a sort of relating or distinguishing of this group of sensations from those of the apple.

Only then can we say that the knowledge, "here is an orange," has been reached.

Now this is the _one typical way the mind has of acting_, this combining of all the items or groups of items into ever larger and more fruitful combinations.

This is called Apperception.

The mind, we say, "apperceives" the orange when it is able to treat all the separate sensations together as standing for one thing.