Involution (philosophy)

In philosophy, involution refers to a situation in which 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

Further reading

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