An elementary proposition is a truth-function of itself.
基本命题是自身的真值函项。
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And this, he believes, "warps the truth-seeking function" of justice.
而这，他认为歪曲了正义的使命：寻求真理。
3
In truth it was worse than that - they did not do anything as considered as applying a handbrake; rather, at crucial times, they failed to function at all.