Philosophy:Involution

In philosophy, involution occurs when a process or object is ontologically "turned in" upon itself.

Involuted values

In meta-ethics, involution of values is the extension of an otherwise convenient and decent system of values to its inevitable logical conclusion, with an indecent or inconvenient result.

See also

• Henri Bergson
• Gilles Deleuze
• Involutory functions, which come up in philosophical logic (especially nonclassical logic)

Further reading

• S. E. Gontarski, "Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett, Deleuze", Deleuze Studies, 6, pp. 601–613.