preformation theory

The early nineteenth century saw major developments in embryology, which challenged the mechanical concept of generation and overthrew the preformation theory.

Contrary to Kant's position, the preformation theory avoids skepticism about the nature of the noumenal world (Kant believed that the real world is unknowable).

Preformation theory is a theistic epistemological theory that states that knowledge is possible only because God has endowed humans with certain innate ideas along with dispositions or aptitudes in certain ways.