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are non-ravens ".

For simplicity, suppose that the evidence used for the test has nothing to do with the collection of 100 objects dealt with here.

If the first person accepts the hypothesis that " All ravens are black " then, according to the argument, about 50 objects whose colors were previously in doubt ( the ravens ) are now thought to be black, while nothing different is thought about the remaining objects ( the non-ravens ).

Consequently, he should estimate the number of black ravens at 50, the number of black non-ravens at 25 and the number of non-black non-ravens at 25.

By specifying these changes, this argument explicitly restricts the domain of " All ravens are black " to ravens.