Sex by design: a new account of the animal sexes

What is it for an animal to be female, or male? An emerging consensus among philosophers of biology that sex grounded in some manner another on anisogamy, is, the ability produce either large gametes (egg) small (sperm), though exact nature this grounding remains contentious. Here we argue a new conception relation. In our view, one’s doesn’t depend kind gamete one capable making, but designed make, where design understood terms evolutionary ontogenetic selection process. Specifically, what be, say, male, have part process has (proximal distal) biological function producing sperm. We outline and defend sketch implications scientific social problems related sex.