Assignment task:
1. On page 265, what is Spinoza's view of 'contingency' as opposed to necessity?
2. On page 257, what label do we give to the position that Spinoza is espousing?
3. On page 280, what contribution to the notion of 'innate ideas' does Leibniz make despite the criticisms of John Locke?
4. On page 302, in what way does Locke use the word 'idea' that is different then how we generally use the term today? And give an example of what you mean
5. On pp 304-305, what three activities of the mind does John Locke isolate from one another?