Quote Originally Posted by Subterranean
Perceiving functions as a rule are about perceptions of objects, while judging functions are about information (of objects) - it's confusing, but they aren't the same thing - it's kind of like how the letter 'a' is an object, but the fact it is pronounced 'ah' is a piece of information about the object, rather than a detail of the object itself (this is linked to the theory of the sign, where the sign\the letter is different from the signifier\the letter's pronouncation but are percieved as the same thing).
It's all a matter of perspective. It seems that you're equating the concept of "a" with perception, and the fact that it has a certain sound with judgment, but it just as easily be the other way. The actual sound itself could be the perception, and the fact that it's written as "a" could be more like judgment.