The history of epistemology

In the history of epistemology, one of the most seminal debates revolves around Rationalism v. Empiricism. Provide extremely clear explications of both epistemological theories as represented in the philosophies of René Descartes and John Locke and their respective arguments that you find the most cogent. Once you have delineated the two theories and their respective arguments, explain which theory you find more cogent and why. (Most of the paper should consist of your explanation of why you think what you think.)One of the most fundamental debates in the study of metaphysics pertains to the notion of “free will” and whether human beings exercise it. There are those philosophers who embrace what is often referred to as homological determinism, which maintains that all events the universe occur by virtue of some necessity and are therefore inevitable––consequently providing challenge to the idea that the past choices of seemingly rational agents like ourselves could have unfolded differently or that their future decisions are predetermined by their past circumstances governed by the natural conditions of the universe––whereas there are other philosophers, however, who reject the notion of the world in which there is no room for free choice and argue that nomological determinism must be rejected in favor of a metaphysical theory that could be inclusive of human freedom without dispensing with natural causality. Hence, please clearly explain: (1) what nomological determinism is; (2)the strongest arguments that underlie this theory; and (3) the counterarguments that challenge the veracity of this theory and whether its criticisms necessitate its abandonment.