Involution (philosophy)
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.
gollark: Or just told people.
gollark: Unless they were stupid and posted about it on social media or something.
gollark: So they can't credibly threaten anyone.
gollark: I don't think they actually have any way to find out whoever it was, except possibly hoping someone was in the room and noticed?
gollark: Who's Mr Fern? There is no such person. There has never been such a person.
See also
Further reading
- S. E. Gontarski, "Creative Involution: Bergson, Beckett, Deleuze", Deleuze Studies, 6, pp. 601–613.
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