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Old Navy: It would be interesting to know how you define truth. The best definition I’ve heard is that truth is the recognition of reality.

Spirited: Truth as defined by Jay Budzishevski (a student of the great thinker, CS Lewis) is everything that we “can’t help but know is true.”

In this category are mind, conscience, and free will, for we can’t help but know that we think, reason, theorize, imagine, dream, feel guilt, and make choices on a daily basis. By extension of this truth, we know that we really do know that monism, whether pantheist or materialist, is not true because monism denies the reality of individual mind, conscience, and free will.

We really do know that among the higher order of creatures and even of plant-life that there are but two sexes, male and female. We know this is true by the reality of male-female distinctivess, by simply looking at nature, by what works and what does not, and by the consequences we incur when our actions are in denial of these truths.

For instance, horticulturalists know that both male and female plants and trees are necessary for good results. Breeders of animals know that they cannot expect to increase herd size by “pairing” two males or two females.

All men know that truth exists by the lies they tell. We know that reality exists by the fact of our longing to escape it by way of daydreams, fantasy, fiction, etc.

What we really can’t help but know is true turns out to be common sense.