Q1. A train leaves Mariehamm travelling west at 25 km/hr. Three hours later, a train leaves Göteborg travelling northeast at 40 km/hr. How long does it take for the two trains to meet, and will the diners on the second train be able to have afternoon tea before reaching Stockholm?
A1. Under the Hegelian dialectic, the primary theory is that of the theory and its counterpart, the antithesis. This was covered by Hegel himself in the dialectic of existence - that existence as posited by pure Being, on closer examination, cannot readily be distinguished from pure Nothing. The synthesis, or unity of thesis and antithesis, is thus that of Becoming or the Created. In this instance, train A (from Mariehamm) is treated as thesis, and train B (from Göteborg) is treated as antithesis, having come into existence for the purposes of this problem purely as a counterelement to the postulated thesis. Unfortunately, Hegelian dialectic is largely a subjective method of analysis, and not a rigorous method. The postulated synthesis of the two trains meeting cannot be argued to occur from the given information, given the rhetorical nature of the dialectic.
Also, Mariehamm is on an island.
