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== Updated definition ==
As a result of the above, one might be tempted to define an explanatory gap like this:
;Definition: There is an ''explanatory gap'' between a phenomenon <math>P</math> and natural science if the phenomenon violates a necessary condition of all notions of explanation that are considered valid in science.
It does not seem unreasonable that this definition can actually be satisfied. In virtue of being scientific explanations, the various modes of explanation might make common assumption. E.g., one such assumption could be that the phenomenon is intersubjectively accessible, which might not be the case for certain aspects of conscious experience.<ref>Kleiner, Mathematical Models of Consciousness</ref>
