Even granting God's existence, the inference from necessary conceptual relations in the divine intellect to the structure of the created world trades on a rationalist assumption that existence tracks essence.
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Connections between ideas that *have to* be true by definition, rather than just happening to be true in the real world (like how a 'bachelor' must be unmarried by definition).
Rationalism(European philosophy, 17th century)
A philosophical approach that grounds human knowledge in rational principles not susceptible to doubt, accessed through the light of reason rather than sacred text or ecclesiastical authority.
Rationalist assumption(as used in epistemology (theory of knowledge))
A belief that reality follows logical rules and that the structure of the world can be figured out through reason alone, without needing to look at what actually exists.
inference(Nyāya epistemology)
A component of epistemology in Nyāya philosophy; a veritable inference yields knowledge about the world and must have premises that are themselves known