The universe exists. It exists outside of our minds. We have the ability to explore and understand it, by choosing to focus our minds and engaging our rational

The universe exists. It exists outside of our minds. We have the ability to explore and understand it, by choosing to focus our minds and engaging our rational faculty. If we don’t have free will, then we can’t reason. If we can’t reason, then there is no such thing as evidence. To learn more about this approach, see Rand’s “Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology” and Peikoff’s “Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand”.