Even though the philosophy of science has moved somewhat away from positivism to a wider understanding of science and knowledge, there still is little agreement about defining science. Researchers are concerned about the dissertations that they were reading which had no mention of philosophy or the philosophical underpinnings of their research questions or designs. The researcher’s concerns about PhD students (earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree) who never mentioned the word “philosophy” in their dissertations prompted this study. This research really wondered and wanted to know if the Philosophy of Science and Theory Development course has relevance. In a research world that supports quantitative research with a bias against qualitative designs, the research is curious about the experiences of PhD students who had experienced both the Philosophy of Science and Theory Development and Qualitative Methods of Inquiry courses. In conclusion effort was made to clarify what ontology, epistemology and axiology entail so as to have clear understanding of what the terms mean.