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[Steve]
> The test of truth for a knowledge claim is then
 > not correspondence with non-linguistic reality
> but the consequences of believing or
> disbelieving a claim.

Take the knowledge claim
1) Toadstools are poisonness.
The non-linguistic reality this corresponds to is: toadstools poisoning someone who eats them.
The consequence of believing 1) is that I avoid eating toadstools.
That I avoid eating toadstools does not test the truth of knowledge claim 1).
Rather it's toadstools poisoning someone who eats them that tests the truth of
knowledge claim 1).
Craig