 (1) is compatible with the view that propositional attitudes are relations to propositions. One might analyze the locution “S means that p” as involving a relation between S and a proposition expressed by S. It would then follow that someone who believes* S stands in a psychologically important relation to the proposition expressed by S. Fodor (1987: 17) adopts this approach. He combines a commitment to mental representations with a commitment to propositions. In contrast, Field (2001: 30–82) declines to postulate propositions when analyzing “S means that p”. He posits mental representations with semantic properties, but he does not posit propositions expressed by the mental representations.