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The Fallacy of Begging the Question: A Reply to Barker

J OHN A. BARKER and I have published conflicting accounts of the fallacy of begging the question.' Although we both agree that some valid arguments beg the question and some do not, I claim and he denies that there are valid arguments which sometimes beg the question and sometimes do not. I shall be more concerned here to raise difficulties for Barker's account than to defend my own against his criticisms.