The first part of the Alevel Religious Studies OCR course rests upon the debate between Empiricism (the view that key knowledge can be known only through the senses) and Rationalism (the view that key knowledge can only be known through reason). Here, we're going to explore the debate, and some of the key proponents on both sides (Rationalism: Plato and Descartes), (Empiricism: Aristotle and Hume).