John Dupre (University of Exeter)
This paper will reflect on the curious absence of sexual selection from contemporary criticisms of the Modern Synthesis, and on how sexual selection might best be incorporated into these critical revisions of the Modern Synthesis. In particular, it will be argued that ideas of mate choice fit closely with recent discussions of biological agency, e.g., by Denis Walsh. It will also be argued that sexual selection can be better understood in the context of proposals, including by the present author, to interpret evolution within a process ontology, specifically as an important mode of stabilisation of lineage processes.
