Full Idea
First-order logic tilts in favor of the direct reference account of proper names by using individual constants to play the intuitive role of names, and by 'interpreting' the constants simply as the individuals that are assigned to them for truth-values.
Gist of Idea
First-order logic tilts in favour of the direct reference theory, in its use of constants for objects
Source
Michael Jubien (Possibility [2009], Intro)
Book Reference
Jubien,Michael: 'Possibility' [OUP 2009], p.-1
A Reaction
This is the kind of challenge to orthodoxy that is much needed at the moment. We have an orthodoxy which is almost a new 'scholasticism', that logic will clarify our metaphysics. Trying to enhance the logic for the job may be a dead end.