ABSTRACT
Besides Frege’s and Russell’s paradigmatic positions and besides current neo-logicism, some more unorthodox forms of logicism are noteworthy as well, from both historical and philosophical points of view. The example to be considered here is Richard Dedekind’s early form of logicism. It is somewhat controversial, however, whether he should be seen as a logicist at all. Responding to this controversy directly, I defend a logicist reading of Dedekind against several contrary arguments, thereby also putting his project into its proper historical context. In addition, I show that reconsidering Dedekind’s position is illuminating more generally. Among others, it helps with respect to clarifying the philosophical significance of logicism, including its often-neglected connections to mathematical practice.
