In what year did Whitehead’s public profile start to fade?
1897
1901
1927
1915
Answer
In 1915, Alfred North Whitehead's prominence began to wane. Despite significant contributions to the fields of mathematics and philosophy, his influence declined due to several factors. The emergence of new philosophical trends, such as logical positivism, shifted the intellectual landscape, and Whitehead's ideas were overshadowed by those of his former student, Bertrand Russell.
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