 A second recent objection, developed by Amy Kind (2015), is that Russellian monism is unmotivated. The theory is often advanced as providing insight into the mind–body problem: insight that has eluded traditional dualists and traditional physicalists  (section 3.1).  However, Kind points out, Russellian monism fails to resolve the most central issue in the debate: whether consciousness is a fundamental component of the universe. On Russellian panpsychism consciousness is a fundamental component of the universe, whereas on Russellian panprotopsychism it is not. Thus, Russellian monism leaves us “essentially back where we started” (Kind 2015: 420). In response, it has been argued that this charge misunderstands Russellian monism’s aims (Alter and Coleman forthcoming). Russellian monism does not purport to settle whether consciousness is a fundamental component of the universe. Rather, the theory is meant to provide a framework in which that issue (and others) can be more productively addressed—a framework provided by neither traditional physicalism nor traditional dualism.