ARISTOTLE’S PHILOSOPHY OF TERTIUS AS A GUIDE TO A NEW CONCEPT OF BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATION IN THE SCOPE OF THE ORGANISM. APPLICABILITY TO FORENSIC MEDICINE.

This article aims to prove the concepts of tendency and biological implication are contained in the so-called tertius of Aristotelian philosophy. The so-called tertius, or Middle term, or even in medio virtus, is contained between the empirical perception and the Aristotelian thinking, therefore, and in our understanding, allowing all the advancement of science, philosophy and the clarification of the scientific character of so many theories and propositions. In this universe of thinking, the concepts mentioned above are amid the universal and the necessary and in that which happens most of the time, whenever science is done, as stated by the philosopher. In this article, we’ll start with an excerpt on Aristotelian thinking, following with reflections on “experience”, “frequent”, “trend” and finally, on biological implication, proving the correct insertion of these two last concepts in the Middle term of thinking about science as it was taught by Aristotle. Forensic Medicine is included in the concept of the Aristotelian tertius through the Aristotelian frequency and the biological implication as we propose.