Mathematic Truth

(And of course there is pure mathematical truth - which seems at once to exist in a pure and abstract plane yet has striking capabilities to describe and discover aspects of the physical universe. But since the existence of this mathematical plane and its relationship to the physical universe was not noted or reflected upon until the advent of consciousness we will leave this for later discussion.)

2: Between Things

1: Things

At first glance, the first truth in history appears to be the perception and simple modelling of other things, by biological systems. A trivial example is a paramecium which migrates in a particular direction through a solution gradient - the direction of migration is a recognition of the truth of that gradient.

However the simplicity of this example means we must also consider the next step below which includes non-biological, and even particle interactions - e.g: The electron admitting of the truth of the proton by counterexample and interaction. In this sense the truth has a prehistory as long as that of the universe.

Alternatively both examples may be discounted as inadequate to equal an instance of truth - somehow lacking in sufficient "sophistication" to be considered that highly. This may be purely for anthropocentric reasons, or could potentially be defined in more universal terms (a debate worthy of further investigation.)

If we decide to discount these examples we must then ask ourselves what is the threshold above which truths can be said to begin to exist?