We understand what art is or that a particular object is a painting due to its relation with other things such as paint, blank canvas, an artist and such. Heidegger shows us that we see the object ‘as’ a painting or ‘as’ a piece of art. The ‘as’ is what it is. The ‘as’ constructs the explicitness of the object as something that is understood.Heidegger also shows us that understanding is not a brain state; understanding comes from the whole of being-in-the-world.

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